 On October 8 the executive committee of Leningrad (Ленгорисполком) and regional executive committee (облисполком) decided to start cutting timber in Pargolovsky and Vsevolozhsky Districts in the north of the city.By October 24 only 1% of the timber cutting plan had been executed.Almost all public transportation in Leningrad was destroyed as a result of massive air and artillery bombardments in August–September 1941.