In 1941, the Axis Powers laid siege to the city of Leningrad in the USSR. The 900 day long ordeal was extremely well documented by the citizens and Soviet military. However, the harrowing experience was later watered down in official ideology to obscure the depths of human suffering in the USSR. This project presents the various perspectives concerning the Leningrad Blockade onto one interactive timeline for public use. Using Timeline JS software, we compiled primary and secondary historical sources with key dates from the war to contextualize the information. Our medium of choice and the sources consulted are of great value to the public as a teaching tool for those unfamiliar with this episode of World War II.

By uniting evidence from diaries, reports from city officials, memoirs, etc. that contain Soviet ideology and scholarly sources from recent years we gain a more thorough and comprehensive understanding of the event which was both harrowing and heroic. Thus, the public may understand how and why the siege was mythologized for a political agenda and the impact of both narratives in today’s political landscape.