Road of Life

E63192
historical site transport route wartime supply route

The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Road of Life canonical 5
Doroga zhizni 2
Дорога жизни 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical site ⓘ
transport route ⓘ
wartime supply route ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Road of Life ⓘ
surface form: Doroga zhizni
commemoratedBy Road of Life memorial complex near Saint Petersburg ⓘ
annual remembrance events in Russia ⓘ
conflict Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
connects Leningrad ⓘ
eastern shore of Lake Ladoga ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime 1943 ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus cultural heritage monument of Russia ⓘ
hasPart boat convoys ⓘ
ice highway across Lake Ladoga ⓘ
truck convoys ⓘ
inception autumn 1941 ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Lake Ladoga ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
notableFor being the only land connection to besieged Leningrad for long periods ⓘ
high casualty rates among drivers and crews ⓘ
operatedAs ice road in winter ⓘ
water transport route in summer ⓘ
opposedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
purpose to evacuate civilians from Leningrad ⓘ
to supply fuel and ammunition to Leningrad ⓘ
to sustain Leningrad with food ⓘ
significantEvent evacuation of civilians from Leningrad ⓘ
supply of food to besieged Leningrad ⓘ
transport of military supplies to Leningrad ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
subjectOf Russian war literature ⓘ
documentary films about the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
memorials around Lake Ladoga ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: Great Patriotic War
transportMode barges ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ
ships ⓘ
sledges ⓘ
usedBy Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
civilian authorities of Leningrad ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Leningrad → supplyRoute → Road of Life ⓘ
Road of Life → alsoKnownAs → Road of Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doroga zhizni
Lake Ladoga ice road → hasAlias → Road of Life ⓘ
Lake Ladoga ice road → hasAlias → Road of Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doroga zhizni
Lake Ladoga ice road → RussianName → Road of Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Дорога жизни
Ladoga Flotilla → usedRoute → Road of Life ⓘ
Sinyavino offensives → relatedTo → Road of Life ⓘ
Road of Life memorial complex near Saint Petersburg → commemorates → Road of Life ⓘ
Road of Life across Lake Ladoga → nativeName → Road of Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Дорога жизни