Erastova (Baluta) Lidiya Ivanovna
Born in 1927 in Kharkov. In the summer of 1943 she was taken to Germany from the Merefa station near Kharkov via the accumulation camp at the Znamenka station and the Krakow transit camp. She worked on the railroad at the Artern station near Erfurt as a cleaner, telephone operator, then as a conductor of freight trains, and in May 1945 as an office worker in the town hall. In July 1945, after the transfer of the Artern station to the Soviet occupation zone, she was arrested by SMERSH, under investigation in the city of Halle, and from 15.01.1946 in the filtration camp at the Okhotpost station of the Komi ASSR (Pechorlag). By the decree of the Special Security Department of the MGB of 02.04.1947, she was sentenced to 6 years in a camp and 3 years of disenfranchisement. In custody in Knyazhpogost (Sevzheldorlag). Released in 1952. Married a prisoner (former prisoner of war) V.N. Erastov. Lived in Solvychegodsk, then in the Arkhangelsk region, in Old Peterhof, worked at the Petrodvorets watch factory. Rehabilitated by the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR on 25.05.1989. Died on 23.09.2014 in St. Petersburg.
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Documents (56)
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1. Notification to the police, issued by the labour exchange, about the registration of Balyuta L. on 20.02.1944 and about the deregistration on 20.03.1944, in German.

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2. Work card (for foreign labor), issued to Balyuta L.I. on 20.03.1944, with her photograph and fingerprints, in German.


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3. Translation into Russian of the work card (for foreign labor), issued to Balyuta L.I. on March 20, 1944, [from archival criminal case No. KP-8191].


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4. Certificate from the Sangerhausen hospital dated 12.06.1945 stating that Balyuta L. was in the hospital from 10.06.1945 to 12.06.1945 due to a bruise on the right forearm and a concussion, in German.

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5. Translation into Russian from 09/08/1988 of a certificate from the Sangerhausen hospital from 06/12/1945 stating that Balyuta L. was in the hospital from 06/10/1945 to 06/12/1945 due to a bruise on the right forearm and a concussion.

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13. Letter from the director of the Novooskolsky special children's home named after the 30th anniversary of the Komsomol dated 23.06.1964 to Erastova L.I. about the need to come for her son Balyuta Yu.A. for his further upbringing.

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15. Certificate No. 14 of the public controller of trade and public catering enterprises, issued to L.I. Erastova by the trade union of the Petrodvorets watch factory, valid until 12/31/1969.


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16. Certificate for the badge “Winner of the socialist competition of 1973”, issued to Erastova L.I. on 15.01.1974.


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20. Medical opinion of the medical advisory commission of the outpatient clinic No. 11 in Kharkov dated 11.10.1978 on the serious condition of Balyuta P.M. and her need for outside care, issued to Erastova L.I.

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22. Certificate series AF No. 049220 (Form "B") Archives of the UITU MVD of the Komi ASSR dated 05/30/1988 on the release of Balyuta L.I. 08/12/1952.

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23. Extracts from the archival criminal case against L. I. Balyuta: a copy of the statement of E. S. Kalugina, a prisoner of the Syktyvkar Internal Prison, dated 20.08.1946 to the head of the investigative unit of the MGB of the Komi ASSR with a request to call her for a conversation about the repeated anti-Soviet statements of her cellmate L. I. Balyuta; a fragment of the interrogation protocol of E. S. Kalugina in 1988; with a comment by L. I. Erastova. “There are a few lies.”



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24. Extracts from the archival criminal case against Balyuta L.I.: interrogation of witness Shevchuk N.I. in 1945 at the Soviet military commandant's office in Artern, Germany; with a note from Balyuta L.I. "Sheer insinuation and lies"; and explanation from Yarovaya L.I. dated 10/03/1988 in Kiev.


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25. Extracts from the archival criminal case against Balyuta L.I.: explanation of Shevchuk (Voinova) N.I. from 10/20/1988 in Kiev.

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26. Extracts from the archival criminal case against Balyuta L.I.: explanation of the deputy commandant of the city of Artern for political affairs from 07.08.1945; explanation of Erastova (Balyuta) L.I. from 1997.


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28. Certificate of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR No. 3-ns89-2 dated 10/09/1989 on the rehabilitation of L.I. Balyuta by the determination of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR dated 05/25/1989; with a note on the reverse side about the compensation paid in October 1992.


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29. Membership card No. 200 of the Leningrad branch of the All-Union voluntary historical and educational society "Memorial" of Erastova (Balyuty) L.I., date of entry - 1989.

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32. Certificate No. 115057 on the right to benefits established by Article 1 6 of the Law of the RSFSR “On the rehabilitation of victims of political repression”, issued to Erastova I., Leningrad, 02/24/1993.

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35. Letter from UITU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Komi Republic No. 14/66 dated 01/25/2001 to the director of the Memorial Research Center V.V.

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36. Confirmation from the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in St. Petersburg dated 10.01.1997 that Erastova (Balyuta) L.I. was in forced labor in the city of Artern, Germany from 25.10.1943 to April 1945.

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37. Certificate No. 116081 on the right to benefits established by Article 16 of the Law of the RSFSR "On the rehabilitation of victims of political repression", issued to Erastova L.I. Admiralty District of Leningrad on 22.05.1997.

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40. Certificate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Komi Republic No. 3/2867-B dated November 30, 1997 on the rehabilitation of Balyuta Yu.A., who was born and lived with his mother in places of deprivation of liberty.

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42. Certificate I-AK No. 630828 on the death of Yu. A. Balyuta on 15.02.2001, issued by the 4th sector of the Civil Registry Office of the Administration of St. Petersburg on 24.02.2001; with a crematorium mark on cremation on 26.02.2001.


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45. Letter from the head of the archive of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic No. 14/664 dated June 2001 to the Prosecutor's Office of the Komi Republic (incoming No. 13-290-01 dated 18.08.2001) stating that Balyuta L.I. underwent a special check in places of detention at Pechorlag on 15.01.1946, was arrested and sent to the prison of the MGB of the Komi ASSR in the city of Syktyvkar on 08.08.1946, sentenced on 02.07.1947 by the Supreme Court of the Komi ASSR to 6 years of imprisonment, released from the Pechorlag of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on 12.08.1952.

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49. Notices of death of Valentova E. 12.05.2007, about the place and time of farewell to her, in Czech.

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50. A copy of the letter from the head of the UFSB RF department for the Komi Republic, no. d., to the co-chairman of the Memorial society, Khakhaev S. D., stating that Balyuta L. I. was arrested on 25.07.1945 by SMERSH officers to establish her identity, after which she was filtered in Sevpechlag, arrested a second time on 20.08.1946, and that there is no information in the archival criminal case about Erastova's stay in the screening and filtration camp.

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51. A copy of the letter from the ROU NIC "Memorial" (no date) to the Head of the Department of Registration and Archival Funds of the UFSB of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic with a request to provide an official certificate of detention of Erastova (Balyuta) L.I. from the moment of her arrest by SMERSH officers in the city of Artern, Germany, until her arrival in Pechorlag.

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52. An excerpt from the article “Once More About Love”, published in the newspaper “Evening Petersburg” on 31.10.?, about the fate of Balyuta L.I., with a postscript by Erastova (Balyuta) L.I. “In 1945 I was 17 years old.”

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53. Autobiography of Erastova (Balyuta) L.I., written after 1989.



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56. Memories of Erastov G.V. "Memory" about grandfather and grandmother.


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57. Postcard with congratulations on the 30th anniversary of the Great October Revolution dated 02.11.1947 addressed to Balyuta L.I.


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58. Copies of letters from Storozheva M.Kh. dated 10/06/1952 to Balyuta L.I., released from a camp in the Komi ASSR, and her mother, Balyuta P.M., rewritten by Balyuta L.I. on 11/06/1997.



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77. Photograph of Valentova E.I., Erastova L.I. and Balyuta V.I. in childhood.

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78. Photo of Balyuta I.I. (sitting on the left) with his wife Balyuta P.M. (standing on the left), with his sister (sitting on the right) and with children Valentova E.I., Erastova L.I. and Balyuta V.I.


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79. Photo by Balyuta L.I., 1935

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80. Photograph of L.I. Balyuta with a dedication on the back, 1938.


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82. Photograph of Balyuta L.I. in Artern, Germany, 1945.


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83. Photograph of Balyuta L.I. and Jutzi Rolf in Artern, Germany, 1945.


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84. Group photo of amateur art participants in a labor camp, Balyuta L.I in the center (in a white blouse), Mezhog village, Ust-Vymsky district, Komi ASSR, 1950.


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85. Group photo of members of the drama club in a labor camp who took part in the play "Pansies", Balyuta L.I. is sitting on the left, Mezhog village, Ust-Vymsky district, Komi ASSR, with a dedication to Balyuta P.M., 04/07/1951.


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86. Photograph of L.I. Balyuta in a labor camp in the Komi ASSR, 1952.


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87. Photograph of L.I. Balyuta with N. Vokhminova in her arms, while working as a nanny, Vychegodsk village, Arkhangelsk region, 1952.


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88. Photo by Balyuta L.I., Solvychegodsk, 12/20/1952.



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89. Photo by L.I. Balyuta, Vychegodsk settlement, December 1952.

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90. Photo by Balyuta L.I., 1953


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91. Photograph of Erastova L.I. with her husband's mother Storozheva M.Kh. and her son Anatoly, Sychovka (Cherepkovo) village, Arkhangelsk region, 1954.


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92. Photograph of Erastova L.I. with her husband's mother Storozheva M.Kh., Sychovka (Cherepkovo) village, Arkhangelsk region, 1954.

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93. Photo by L.I. Balyuta, Cherepkovo village, Arkhangelsk region, 1955.


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94. Photograph of L.I. Balyuta, Verkhnyaya Toyma, Arkhangelsk region, 1956 with a short autobiography of L.I. Erastova (Balyuta) on the back, written on 03.02.2013.


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95. Photograph of Erastova (Balyuta) L.I. with her husband Erastov V.N., Arkhangelsk, 1956.

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96. Photograph of Storozhevaya M.Kh. with her daughter-in-law Erastova L.I. and grandchildren Erastov A.V. and Erastov G.V., Taitsy, 1957.


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97. Photograph of Balyuta P.M. with her daughters Valentova E.I. and Erastova L.I., 1968.


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98. Photograph of Balyuta P.M. with her daughters Valentova E.I. and Erastova L.I., 1968.


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99. Photograph of Erastova (Balyuta) L.I. (standing on the right) with her acquaintances Katerina, Tamara Arekhina and their relative Nina, Petergof station, Timyashkino settlement, 1972.


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103. Photograph of L.I. Erastova visiting her sister Eugenia in Czechoslovakia, from left to right: Horst, who arrived from Germany, E.I. Valentova, Horst’s wife Waltraut, L.I. Erastova, Usti nad Labem, 1989.


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105. Photo by Erastova L.I., St. Petersburg, winter 2002-2003.


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106. Photo by Erastova L.I., August 2013

