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Biography
Vera Inber-Johnson survived the 872-day Siege of Leningrad as a nurse at City Hospital No. 6. During the siege, she cared for hundreds of wounded soldiers and starving civilians, often working 20-hour shifts with virtually no food or heating. She witnessed the worst winter of the siege in 1941-42, when temperatures dropped below -30°C and daily bread rations fell to 125 grams. After the war, she married a British academic she met at a conference in Moscow and moved to Oxford in 1956, where she spent the rest of her life quietly teaching Russian and sharing her memories of the siege.
Biography (Russian)
Вера Инбер-Джонсон пережила 872-дневную блокаду Ленинграда, работая медсестрой в Городской больнице №6. Во время блокады она ухаживала за сотнями раненых солдат и голодающих мирных жителей, часто работая 20-часовые смены практически без еды и отопления. Она пережила самую страшную зиму блокады 1941-42 годов, когда температура опускалась ниже -30°C, а дневная норма хлеба составляла 125 грамм. После войны вышла замуж за британского учёного и переехала в Оксфорд в 1956 году.
Awards & Decorations
- ★Medal for the Defence of Leningrad
- ★Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War
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