Reference - Maps & Timeline
| 1941 | |
| June 22 | German troops invade the Soviet Union |
| June 27 | All able bodied civilians are ordered to work on the city’s defenses |
| July 3 | Stalin’s belated radio address to the nation |
| July 5 | People’s Reserve Division formed as a civilian militia |
| July 18 | Rationing begins; bread ration – factory workers: 800gm, office workers: 600gm, dependents: 400gm |
| Aug 10 | Evacuation plans announced for 400,000 woman and children |
| Aug 18 | Evacuation trains bombed; thousands killed |
| Aug 20 | All commercial stores closed |
| Sep 6 | First aerial bombardment of the city |
| Sep 8 | Badayev food warehouses bombed and destroyed; the blockade encircling the city is complete |
| Sep 18 | Bread ration reduced to 500gm/300gm/250gm |
| Oct 14 | First snowfall |
| Nov 7 | 24th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution |
| Nov 14 | Tram service stopped; household water service cut |
| Nov 20 | Bread ration reduced to 250gm/125gm/125gm |
| Nov 28 | First supplies reach city across the Ladoga ice road |
| Dec 9 | Streetcar service ends |
| Dec 16 | Electricity to most of the city is shut off |
| Dec 31 | Average daily temperature for Dec: 9°F |
| 1942 | |
| Jan 1 | New Year; 5,000 Leningraders dying per day |
| Jan 8 | Radio Leningrad, without power, falls silent |
| Jan 31 | Average daily temperature for Jan: -4°F |
| Feb 22 | Bread ration increased to 600gm/500gm/400gm |
| March 27 | Massive civilian clean-up of streets and yards begins |
| April 15 | Limited tram service is resumed within the city |
| June 21 | One year anniversary of the war; 600,000 to 1 million Leningraders are dead |
"One man's death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic" - Stalin
