Tag #142609 - Interview #95027 (Yuri Fiedelgolts)

Father was a stickler of communistic ideas in the youth. He welcomed the revolution as of 1917. When the civil war was unleashed, father discontinued his studies and joined the Soviet army [9]. as a volunteer. He also joined the Bolshevik [10] party. Father worked in the political department of the party, but he had to take part in the reconnaissance and in battles. He sincerely adhered to ideas of world revolution [11]. Being an adolescent when he was in Gomel, he listened to the speech of Trotsky [12], which made a deep impression on him. Father told me how eloquent and convincing his speech was. Trotsky was a great orator. When the civil war was over, father came to the university and regained studies.