title: The Gas Transport as an Attempt to Solve the Problem of Fuel Supply of Besieged Leningrad
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Chekalev-Demidovskiy, P. S.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T12:12:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T12:12:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Chekalev-Demidovskiy P. S. ‘The Gas Transport as an Attempt to Solve the Problem of Fuel Supply of Besieged Leningrad’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, pp. 868–879.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2018.405
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15281
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The fuel crisis in besieged Leningrad was one central aspect of life in the besieged city. Motor transportation
  was inextricably linked with supply of fuel, and transportation was an important factor in the city’s struggle
  for survival in the conditions of the Blockade. Despite the shortage of motor fuel, motor transportation in
  Leningrad throughout the Blockade did not completely stop its activities. In the merciless winter of 1941–1942 it
  remained the only type of city transportation that carried a near- unbearable burden: provision for vital activity
  of Leningrad and its defense. Leningraders’ incredible courage and heroism allowed them not only to defend
  Leningrad, but also to support the work of road transportation inside the blockade ring. This was possible due to
  the introduction of gas-generating vehicles that operated on less scarce types of fuel: wood chips, coal, and even
  peat. The use of solid fuel in place of liquid fuel, despite its low cost and relatively easy availability, was not widespread
  in the pre-war period due to the complexity of operation and maintenance of gas-generating equipment.
  This article considers the importance and number of gas-generating vehicles in Leningrad’s general transport
  system, including introduction, repair, and operation of gas-generating equipment during the siege. Data are
  from documents of the St. Petersburg Central State Archive, the St. Petersburg Central State Archive of Historical
  and Political Documents, and the St. Petersburg Central State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The article was prepared with the financial support of the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation in the
  framework of project N 17-01-00346 “Blockade in the decisions of the leading party bodies of Leningrad.
  1941–1944”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 8; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: blockade
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: defense
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Great Patriotic War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: gas generator
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fuel supply
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: automobile transport
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Gas Transport as an Attempt to Solve the Problem of Fuel Supply of Besieged Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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