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.
Statements (47)
| 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 → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.