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There were many activities in the club and children could choose what they liked to do. Children were involved in many activities, they didn’t go loose like they do now. We also played outside, we played football and I was a goalkeeper. Well, it was different… I used to do modeling, drawing and embroidery. I hated circus and there were no interesting children’s programs.
We played football and teased the children of Kossior [16], who were always accompanied by two agents. Two agents escorted them to school and we teased them… We said, you are two little ones, they don’t allow you to be by yourselves… Many Party officials lived nearby. Kossior was a common man. He even gave us rides in his car… Later Khrushchev [17] lived in his house. Khrushchev’s daughter was a very nice lady… His mother often sat in the yard. Poor thing, she was lonely at home and she used to sit in the yard on her stool wearing a white kerchief, a Ukrainian woman. She watched children playing. And we were naughty…
We played football and teased the children of Kossior [16], who were always accompanied by two agents. Two agents escorted them to school and we teased them… We said, you are two little ones, they don’t allow you to be by yourselves… Many Party officials lived nearby. Kossior was a common man. He even gave us rides in his car… Later Khrushchev [17] lived in his house. Khrushchev’s daughter was a very nice lady… His mother often sat in the yard. Poor thing, she was lonely at home and she used to sit in the yard on her stool wearing a white kerchief, a Ukrainian woman. She watched children playing. And we were naughty…
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Kiev
Ukraine
Interview
Larisa SHYHMAN