Budkevich Maria Stanislavovna

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In an interview with M.S. Budkevich tells in detail about her life with her parents - Polish communists, and about what happened to her after their arrest and execution in 1937. He describes their work, life and how the mother, anticipating a possible arrest, taught her daughter to be independent and responsible for her actions. Perhaps that is why, and thanks to the friendly advice of her mother's friend M.E. Koretskaya, after the arrest and execution of her parents, she did not lose heart and did not give up, although life was difficult and tortuous. All the time I had to fight with everyday life, with circumstances, to feel the indelible stigma "daughter of the enemies of the people" on myself. After the orphanage, B. came to Leningrad, entered the LPI (1940). With the outbreak of war, B. entered the nursing course at the Military Medical Academy and worked in the hospital throughout the blockade in Leningrad, and then moved with the hospital until 1945. A strong character and inner determination helped her survive, get a higher education and successfully work on the construction of a hydroelectric power station, and then in Len. Department. Hydroproject. B. gave a lot of time and effort to the rehabilitation of her parents, searching for and communicating with Polish relatives and friends.
1. Interview with Budkevich M.S., taken by Kosinova T.F. (1st, undated).
2. Interview with Budkevich M.S., taken by Kosinova T.F. May 31, 2005
3. Interview with Budkevich M.S., taken by Suslova I.S. Video recording. 06/07/2011

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Budkevich Maria Stanislavovna
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Genus. in 1923 in Moscow. After the arrest of her parents in 1937, together with her younger brother, she was sent to a children's reception center on the territory of the Danilov Monastery, and then to an orphanage in the Gorky region. After graduating from school, she entered the hydraulic engineering department of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. With the beginning of the war, she entered nursing courses at the Military Medical Academy. 09.22.1941 mobilized and sent to work in an evacuation hospital. She worked in the hospital throughout the blockade in Leningrad, then until 1945 she moved with the hospital. In November 1945 she returned to Leningrad and from January 1946 continued her studies in the 2nd year of the Polytechnic Institute, graduating from the institute in 1950, receiving the specialty of civil engineer of sea ports and structures. She worked on the construction of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric power station, in May 1954 she was transferred to the Leningrad branch of the Hydroproject, and worked as a group leader until her retirement in 1979. She was awarded the Veteran of Labor medal (1979). Member of various public organizations: Association of Victims of Illegal Political Repression (since 1984), association of war veterans and siege survivors at the Polonia Cultural and Educational Society (since 1993), Memorial Society (since 1994). Compiler and one of the authors of the collection “Memories of the Siege” (St. Petersburg, 2003). Author of articles in the monthly “Gazeta Petersburska” (St. Petersburg).

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