Ljubov is writing and recording a memoir about her experiences as a teenager during the siege of Stalingrad
The six month battle for the Russian city of Stalingrad was one of the great turning points of the Second World War.
The refusal by the Red Army to give up, and the slow decimation of German troops by a combination of warfare, starvation and cold, made Stalingrad one of the great heroic moments of the war.
Victory for the Soviets in February 1943 saw the beginning of their relentless push towards Berlin. But what about the ordinary people who endured the bombardment?
Ljubov Sladkova was just 13 when the siege began. Her mother had died before the war and her father was at the front.
Alone, except for her brother and 6 year old sister she endured months of bombing raids – witnessing terrible and traumatic events before being re-united with her grandmother.
Cheryle Armitage went to meet Ljubov, with her daughter, Tanya acting as translator.
