Tanya Savicheva

Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva (Russian: Татьяна Николаевна Савичева; 23 January 1930 – 1 July 1944) was a Russian girl who kept a diary during the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. Her diary was used during the Nuremberg Trials as evidence of the Nazi's crimes. Savicheva's images and the pages from her diary became symbolic of the human cost of the Siege of Leningrad, and she is remembered in St. Petersburg with a memorial complex on the Green Belt of Glory along the Road of Life. In her diary, she documents the deaths of her family members from around December 1941 to May 1942 during the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.

Tanya Savicheva
File:Tanya Savicheva school photo, May 1940.jpg
Savicheva in May 1940, a year before the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Born
Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva

(1930-01-23)23 January 1930
Dvorishche, Soviet Union
Died1 July 1944(1944-07-01) (aged 14)
Shatki, Soviet Union
Resting placeShatki
OccupationDiarist
Parent(s)
  • Nikolai Rodionovich Savichev (father)
  • Maria Ignatievna Savicheva (mother)
Relatives
  • Zhenya Savicheva (sister)
  • Leka Savichev (brother)
  • Nina Savicheva (sister)
  • Mikhail Savichev (brother)
  • Vasya Savichev (uncle)
  • Lesha Savichev (uncle)
  • Evdokia Grigorieva Fedorova (grandmother)
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