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facts that the narrator mentioned referring to the memories of older family
members. The sources of her information were indicated very precisely.
Life-Story of Irina Grigoryeva
Irina Grigoryevaís life-story, interview undertaken by IrÁna Saleniece
in ìLielie Vaideriî, Vabole parish of Daugavpils region, 1 July, 2003. The
record of the interview (1 tape, 62 minutes, in Russian) is kept in the archives
of the Oral History Centre at Daugavpils University, catalogue No. 73,
abbreviated ñ DU MV: 73.
Irina Kurmeliyova was born in 1920 in Lauceses parish of Il˚kste region,
in the family of Old Believers Ivan and Stepanida Kurmeliyov. In 1931,
Irina left four-year school and worked in her fatherís household, later she
was a servant in Daugavpils. During the war the narrator worked at a lemonade
producing factory. In 1948, Irina got married to Evtikhii Grigoryev
and settled with her husbandís family in Dubenci village in StradiÚi parish
of Daugavpils region. Her daughter Glikeria was born in the same year. On
March 25, 1949, the Grigoryev family was deported to Siberia as a ëkulakí
family, to Lyubino region of Omsk district. The little daughter was left in
Latvia with somebody they met on their journey and was later passed over
to Irina Grigoryevaís mother Stepanida Kurmeliyova, who later took the
child to Siberia. The narrator, her husband and father-in-law worked on a
state farm No. 42 in Lyubino region where their sons Fedor (1952) and
Sergey (1953) were born. They returned to Latvia in 1956 and in 1959
another son Georgii was born in the family. Untill 1975 Irina Grigoryeva
worked in the ìDarbsî collective farm of PreiÔi region.
At present Irina Grigoryeva lives with her daughter Glikeria. During
the interview she was very kind, welcoming, and emotional. Her life-story
is fragmented, some facts, words, etc. are missing, but otherwise it is very
interesting, showing a specific Old Believer view on life. The narrator recalled
the life of Old Believersí in Il˚kste region before the war, her servant years
in Daugavpils, the war time and contacts with the military. Deportation
was a traumatic experience ñ Irina Grigoryeva describes their detention,
the journey to Siberia, collecting money for her motherís trip to the Siberia
bringing Glikeria, the return home, and fight to regain the family property.
The most dramatic episodes ñ leaving her daughter behind, the death of her
new-born son in deportation ñ were not mentioned by the narrator.
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