"Ones are dying of famine, the others are making profit out of taking the last crumbs of the first": Participants of the market trade in sieged Lening Cover Image

"Одни умирают с голоду, другие наживаются, отнимая у первых последние крохи": Участники рыночной торговли в блокадном Ленинграде
"Ones are dying of famine, the others are making profit out of taking the last crumbs of the first": Participants of the market trade in sieged Lening

Author(s): Vladimir Leonidovich Pyankevich
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: open market; speculation; siege of Leningrad 1941-1944

Summary/Abstract: The article touches upon the people who sold, bought and exchanged on the markets of Leningrad during the blockade. The author characterizes the peculiarities of the grass roots commerce of the sieged city, the main actors, their emotions and behavior, aims and relations. The article analyzes the reasons, meaning and consequences of appearing social stratification.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 155-183
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Russian