Tag #153669 - Interview #103357 (Leonid Mariasis)

My father was quite enthusiastic about the Soviet power. We had no information about what was actually happening in the country, about arrests or famine. It never occurred to us that somebody would wish to destroy our well being. We didn’t hurt anyone, vice versa, we always did charity. After the Soviet power took away our house and we had to move into a smaller house with only two rooms. Our house was given to the officers from the Soviet Union. They also took away my father’s petroleum storage depot. They issued him a passport where his social origin was determined as a “merchant” meaning that he was a hostile element to the Soviet power. He couldn’t find a job. My father did some joiner’s work earning the living for his family. This turning in life was tough for my parents.