Untold Story of a Soviet Purge Widow and Her Son
The excerpt recounts a Ukrainian Russian family’s purge ordeal. Olga’s husband Demyan was seized and presumed dead. The NKVD and Komsomol target children of purged parents to spy and control. Olga plans relocation to Moscow with her son Oleg to escape fear, seeking a teaching post while preserving his education.
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Oksana
Kasenkina
Isaac Don Levine
Demyan
Moscow
Oleg
Artemovsk
Komsomol
NKVD
Young Communist League
Olga
Mamochka
Demyanchik
State Printing Board Seeks Bids For State Publications
The Iowa Board of State Printing will meet in Des Moines October 15 1948 to receive bids for journals ledgers calendars and catalogs and for annual financial and budget reports. Bids opened at 10:00 a.m. with option to reject all bids and terms specified by the superintendent of State House.
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Iowa Board
Moines
Tows
Des
Bill Inderine
Estnan Eed
State House
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Russia
Artemovsk I
Pere-Vospitat
Komsomols
Soviet Union
Commissariat of Education
Ukraine
Great
Oblona
Department of Education
Mikhailov
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Third Avenue
Dial
State Printing Board
Photography
Smulekoff
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Broadloom
Firth
Vern Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas Plumbing Service
Blue Ridge
By Johnson
By Edwin Knowles
Taylor, Smith and Taylor