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  • Evacuation Borisov-Smolensk-Bashkiriya

    I forgot to tell you that she was thin; she wore shoe size 42 and was about two meters tall. She was very strong. She was such a village-like grandmother. She mowed with a scythe and reaped the …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Wartime, Ira Motolyga

  • Related to World War II

    She said they came to Borisov. She had 6 sisters and brothers. I called in on one sister, she taught a foreign language, and another one taught Russian literature in Smolevichy. She said, «We …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Mode of life, Ira Motolyga

  • About money

    And what did your house look like?

    The house was about four to five meters made of l…logs, not plastered, there wasn’t any wallpapers, there was only one small window, there was a …

    Researcher: Олег Коляго, старший преподавател, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Confessional and international relations, Mikhail Hichanski

  • Front during World War II

    And we left Mordovia for Stalingrad. We were going, frankly speaking, during a month. We spent the entire month on the way there. As we arrived, the Germans were already rounded up at Stalingrad, so …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Wartime, Jakov Kiselev

  • Beginning of the war

    It was a deceitful regime. They had been always false to the people. They threw dust in our eyes, pulled the wool over the eyes. This is what is being sung praises, oh! Nobody told the truth in the …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Jakov Kiselev

  • First childhood memory of Jakov Kiselev

    When were you born, please, name the date.

    21-st June, 1924.

    Place of birth.

    Lyozno, Vitebsk Oblast.

    Do you remember your first recollections of childhood?

    You know, when I read that other …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: First childhood memory, Jakov Kiselev

  • Front after being wounded

    And then we passed a commission in 4 months, and again back to the front. So, there gathered a team of the wounded, a supervisor was appointed there.

    Did you come back to your military unit or to …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Wartime, Jakov Kiselev

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