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A Teacher's Memoir of War and Hunger in Muscovy Country
ARS KASENKINA recounts four years in Tuchkove from 1937 to 1941, detailing food shortages, NKVD raids, and attempts at poultry and beekeeping amid Soviet collectivization. She describes war’s arrival with Russia’s clash against Finland, student Igor Gummell’s death, her son Oleg’s military call up, and the collapse of daily life as German troops approached Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oksana
Isaac Don Levins
Tuchkove
Muscovy
Oleg
Russia
Gary den
Moscow
NKVD
Finland
Igor Gummell
Igor
Komsomol
Sieg
University of Moscow
Radio
Poland
Pripet Marshes
Vistula
Blelov
Falm
Mincensatt