“Every such leaflet on the wall was the cry, howl of despair”. Private advertisements in siege Leningrad Cover Image

«Каждый такой листочек на стене был криком, воплем крайней беспомощности». Частные объявления в блокадном Ленинграде
“Every such leaflet on the wall was the cry, howl of despair”. Private advertisements in siege Leningrad

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

Summary/Abstract: The article touches upon the market relations, private advertisements of purchase and sale of food and clothes, rendering of services during the siege of Leningrad. The paper presents the reasons of appearance, character, content, role of informal private advertisements in the exchange actions of the substantial proportion of the population of the siege city.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 192-211
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian