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the study o f the Leningrad famine, such as the nature o f famine's link to infectious dis- eases, the significance o f the food distribution system in determining which groups are most deeply affected (not always the oldest or youngest), and the problems with statisti- cal data collected in Leningrad during the famine. The rest of the book is divided into nine chapters covering a variety of topics, all rich with statistical analysis. Several essays concentrate on histories o f institutions in Lenin- grad that dealt with various aspects o f the crisis. Nadezhda Cherepenina provides a de- tailed description of healthcare and the demographic makeup of the city before the siege. Mikhail Frolov studies the evacuation efforts in 1941-42 and explores the institutional and organizational reasons for the early failures of that effort. Andrei Dzeniskevich looks at the medical researci � institutes and their efforts to record and assess illnesses associated with nutritional dystrophy as well as war-related injuries. He also discusses sanitation and other public health issues resulting from the war. Finally, Vadim Chirsky's essay on the work o f pathologists shows how these professionals continued their work in the difficult conditions o f the
Canadian-American Slavic Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2007
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