Lake Ladoga ice road

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The Lake Ladoga ice road, known as the "Road of Life," was a crucial winter transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga that enabled the besieged city of Leningrad to receive supplies and evacuate civilians during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military route
ice road
wartime supply route
associatedWithCountry Germany
associatedWithEvent Siege of Leningrad
surface form: "Leningrad blockade"
connectedTo rail and road networks east of Lake Ladoga
constructedBy Soviet authorities
countryAtTime Soviet Union
enabled delivery of ammunition to Leningrad
delivery of food to Leningrad
delivery of fuel to Leningrad
evacuation of civilians from Leningrad
endPoint southern and eastern shores of Lake Ladoga
hasAlias Road of Life
surface form: "Doroga zhizni"

Road of Life
heritageStatus symbol of Leningrad’s survival
historicalPeriod Eastern Front
surface form: "Eastern Front of World War II"
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn Leningrad Oblast
Russia
locatedOn Lake Ladoga
memorializedIn Road of Life memorial complex near Saint Petersburg
surface form: "Road of Life memorial complex on Lake Ladoga"
notableYear 1941
1942
1943
operationalSeason winter
opposedBy Wehrmacht
partOf Siege of Leningrad
surface form: "Leningrad supply system"
primaryFunction evacuation route
supply route
RussianName Road of Life
surface form: "Дорога жизни"
servedCity Leningrad
St. Petersburg
surface form: "Saint Petersburg"
startPoint Leningrad
strategicImportance only major supply route to besieged Leningrad in early siege period
subjectOf Russian historical studies
Soviet war memorials
surfaceType frozen lake ice
threatenedBy German aircraft
German artillery
transportMode horse-drawn sledges
pedestrian traffic
truck convoys
usedBy Red Army
Soviet civilian transport
usedDuring Siege of Leningrad
World War II

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Siege of Leningrad supplyRoute Lake Ladoga ice road

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