Packet 3: Tossup 10

125 diaries from this event were drawn upon for the 2017 history The War Within, whose sections are named for a metaphor about a ring and an island. The Avenue of the Unvanquished is home to a memorial cemetery for this event, where the phrase “No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten” is inscribed in stone. A teenage diarist (10[1])during this event wrote “Everyone is dead” and “only Tanya is left.” (10[3]-5[1])Speeches on the radio during this (10[1])event were given by Olga Bergholz. The success of Operation Iskra facilitated the construction of a railway (10[1])corridor during (10[1])this event. (-5[1])Civilians from the Yaroslavl region joined those who were awarded medals (10[1])“For the Defence of” this event’s central location (-5[1])after 1945. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[2])the Road of Life (10[1])across Lake Ladoga (10[4])brought in (10[1])supplies (10[1])during what almost-900-day encirclement of a Soviet city during (10[1])World (10[1])War II? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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