As Leningrad cats rescued or history "meow Division" Bashny.Net

Imagine a modern St. Petersburg without cats is almost impossible, humming everywhere here. The city even has multiple monuments to cats, and it is no accident: in the years of the Great Patriotic War "meow division" northern capital saved from starvation and epidemics. < Website tells why cats are more valuable for St. Petersburg no beast.



Photo source: Kulturologia.ruV besieged Leningrad could easily see the situation, when the cat walked around the city under the protection of a policeman. It would seem strange, but Petersburgers were my reasons. Over the starving city threatened invasion of rats that carry contagion was everywhere, with catastrophic speed destroying any food reserves. People have tried to deal with pests, but all methods are ineffective: had to shoot the rats, performing many hours of grueling raids

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The solution was obvious: in that whatever was in the city exhausted by the blockade had cats back Once the connection has been established in 1943, the train arrived with cats from Yaroslavl to Leningrad.. The animals were bought up willingly, not sparing money, even though the price was huge: about 500 rubles asked for a kitten. For comparison, the money you could buy about 10 kg of bread. Many malnourished blockade ration of bread, postponing the purchase of the required amount.



Cats in Leningrad imported in two stages: the task of Yaroslavl "division" had to clear stocks from rodents. The second "party" chetverolapyh came from Siberia, these "immigrants" settled in the Hermitage, Peterhof, the numerous museums and palaces of the city. Rats have attempted to works of art, books and pictures, so that purring helped also to preserve cultural Russia fund.



via www.kulturologia.ru/blogs/190816/30946/