Vaska the Cat: The Four-Legged Hero Who Saved a Family During the Siege of Leningrad

Vaska the Cat: The Four-Legged Hero Who Saved a Family During the Siege of Leningrad

During the Siege of Leningrad, when hunger and freezing cold claimed thousands of lives each day, an unlikely savior emerged — not a soldier or official, but a cat named Vaska. He wasn’t a hero in uniform, but a four-legged one, with alert eyes, silent claws, and a heart full of courage. Survival in a City of Hunger Each morning, Vaska ventured out into the war-torn streets. His owner — a woman with a steady gaze and winter-worn hands — waited …