On the Eastern Front of World War II, the bodies of many German soldiers killed in action in February 1944, shortly after the siege of Leningrad was liberated, were left near Leningrad and covered with snow.

　　On the Eastern Front of World War II, the bodies of numerous German soldiers killed in action in February 1944, shortly after the liberation of the Siege of Leningrad, were left in the vicinity of Leningrad and covered with snow.

　During the blockade of the Siege of Leningrad, Boris Kudoyarov, a battlefield reporter for Komsomolskaya Pravda, worked on the front lines with Soviet soldiers in Leningrad, a city besieged by German troops for nearly 900 days straight. Based on documentary and photographic works, Boris Kudoyarov created the Leningrad Cycle, a classic of military photographic reportage, describing the siege of Leningrad.

　Kudyarov's photographs include approximately 3,000 pictures dedicated to the blockade of Leningrad. The book presents a thematic overview of the horrific war that lasted approximately 900 days. He considered it his duty to photograph the events of the war as much as possible. Characteristic of his work were complex photographic solutions and verified compositional integrity, reflecting the essence of the war events depicted. It was a direct and natural response of the photographic press. Boris Kudyarov created details of the unparalleled courage of Leningrad's inhabitants and the horrific details of life under siege by the Germans at a time when death was commonplace.

　 The Siege of Leningrad was an 872-day long military blockade conducted by German and Axis forces against the Soviet city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II, from September 8, 1944 to January 27, 1944. German troops suffered approximately 579,985 casualties. Soviet soldiers suffered approximately 1,017,881 dead, captured, or missing, and 2,418,185 were wounded and sick in action. About 1,042,000 Soviet civilians were killed, approximately 642,000 during the siege and 400,000 during the evacuation.

　 The heavily fortified German resistance stronghold, surrounded on both sides, was stormed on the morning of January 17, 1944, and the German defenses collapsed; on January 27, the blockade was finally released after the Germans were overwhelmed and driven back; on January 27, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin officially declared the siege over. The Siege of Leningrad became one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, with many casualties and the highest casualties.