"Tell the comrades on the route that they are not delivering food to a warehouse, but directly to bakeries and stores. And as much as you bring today, Leningrad and our front will receive tomorrow." Andrey Aleksandrovich Zhdanov, First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional and City Committees of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), from the memories of Boris Vasilyevich Yakubovsky
"We forgot to sleep,
We forgot to eat,
And we raced across the ice with our loads.
And my hand was cold in my mitten,
My hand was on the wheel,
And my eyes were closed as I drove."
Senior Lieutenant Reznikov, Frontline Roadworker newspaper
We forgot to eat,
And we raced across the ice with our loads.
And my hand was cold in my mitten,
My hand was on the wheel,
And my eyes were closed as I drove."
Senior Lieutenant Reznikov, Frontline Roadworker newspaper
"After the war, our horses should be given a monument. They starve to death, but the people are saved." Mikhail Stepanovich Murov, a veteran of the Civil War and a commander of a battalion in a horse-transport regiment
"The days were similar to one another. They were tense and sleepless. Only the roads were different." Roman Moiseevich Gutsait, Director of the First Bus Park in Leningrad
On March 31, 1943, the ice route was decommissioned. During its entire existence, the trucks covered a total distance of 38 million kilometers, which is equivalent to the distance between Earth and Venus.
Dynamics of the evacuation of civilians
Total evacuated. Evacuation by military road vehicles. Evacuation by evacuation centers and other vehicles
Total evacuated. Evacuation by military road vehicles. Evacuation by evacuation centers and other vehicles
Total number of evacuees on the ice route
Number of evacuees
Total. On military vehicles. On evacuation points and other vehicles.
Months
January 142 (from 21 to 31). February. March. April (from 20th). Total
Number of evacuees
Total. On military vehicles. On evacuation points and other vehicles.
Months
January 142 (from 21 to 31). February. March. April (from 20th). Total
The result of all evacuation transportation
Period. Evacuation of people, people. Evacuation of various cargo, tons.
Winter 1941/42. Navigation. Winter 1942/43. Total
Period. Evacuation of people, people. Evacuation of various cargo, tons.
Winter 1941/42. Navigation. Winter 1942/43. Total
Increase in bread rations for the civilian population in the winter of 1941/1942.
Name of population groups. Workers and technical specialists. Employees. Children under 12 years of age.
Daily ration in grams
From what date
Rations in effect before the first increase
Name of population groups. Workers and technical specialists. Employees. Children under 12 years of age.
Daily ration in grams
From what date
Rations in effect before the first increase
Delivery of cargo by month
Month. Number of cargo delivered per month, in tons
Including
Food and fodder. Ammunition. Other cargo.
1941. November – December. January. February. March. April. Total
Month. Number of cargo delivered per month, in tons
Including
Food and fodder. Ammunition. Other cargo.
1941. November – December. January. February. March. April. Total
The composition of the human contingents evacuated in the winter of 1941-42
was 4,477,265 people. Total. The civilian population. Military personnel (except military san. evacuation). Sick and wounded (from hospitals). Special settlers and prisoners
was 4,477,265 people. Total. The civilian population. Military personnel (except military san. evacuation). Sick and wounded (from hospitals). Special settlers and prisoners