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Even many years later, when he came home on some business his mother talked to him from behind the door. Now, when we meet on occasions, happy or sad, I talk to him, of course. We have children, you know.
I was alone for a long time. I retired in 1975. I receive a pension, but I don’t know how I would live if it weren’t for my children…
My older son Dmitriy Minkovskiy, born in 1950, finished a secondary school, served in the army and finished a medical College. For over 20 years he has worked in Kazakhstan, in Surgut town [about 3000 km from Kiev]. He went there on job assignment after finishing his college and stayed to live there. We didn’t know that in 1991 we would be living in different countries [12]. He is married to a Kazakh woman. They have a good life together and have two daughters, very nice girls. My son deals in insurance medicine. He is very successful. The only sad thing is that we see each other rarely. Traveling is expensive.
My older son Konstantin has an engineering education. He is married to an Armenian woman. They lived in Kiev. Konstantin worked as an engineer. In the 1990s my son and his family moved to Germany. They live in Berlin. My son works in some business related to his profession of an engineer. They have a daughter named Olga after me. She is married and I have a great grandson. It’s all right that my sons have non-Jewish wives. It has never been a problem in our family. My uncle was married to a Ukrainian woman and my brother had a Russian wife. Most important is that they love each other.
I was alone for a long time. I retired in 1975. I receive a pension, but I don’t know how I would live if it weren’t for my children…
My older son Dmitriy Minkovskiy, born in 1950, finished a secondary school, served in the army and finished a medical College. For over 20 years he has worked in Kazakhstan, in Surgut town [about 3000 km from Kiev]. He went there on job assignment after finishing his college and stayed to live there. We didn’t know that in 1991 we would be living in different countries [12]. He is married to a Kazakh woman. They have a good life together and have two daughters, very nice girls. My son deals in insurance medicine. He is very successful. The only sad thing is that we see each other rarely. Traveling is expensive.
My older son Konstantin has an engineering education. He is married to an Armenian woman. They lived in Kiev. Konstantin worked as an engineer. In the 1990s my son and his family moved to Germany. They live in Berlin. My son works in some business related to his profession of an engineer. They have a daughter named Olga after me. She is married and I have a great grandson. It’s all right that my sons have non-Jewish wives. It has never been a problem in our family. My uncle was married to a Ukrainian woman and my brother had a Russian wife. Most important is that they love each other.
Location
Ukraine
Interview
Olga Bernstein