yuri neprintsev retained the memory of the dramatic events of the war years for many years.ere circulated in hundreds of copies and became available to many soviet people. over the past years , so little has been done on this epic that i... as a witness i wanted to truthfully convey these events to people who, perhaps, after us will be interested in this, the artist said, it seemed to me that this was my civic duty. in peacetime, the picture of a tram came to the front was painted and circulated in aforts. the tram, the only form of transport in besieged leningrad, carried the city’s defenders almost to the very front line. the artist recalled: on a cloudy, cold morning, our company went to its destination, to one of the artillery battalions on the neva. the girl conductor came out of the carriage to see him off and looked after us for a long time. a small energetic figure, standing alone by the tram, etched itself into... into the memory as the last impression of leningrad in those days. and yet, despite the hardships of wartime, life went on, in besieged leningrad and on t