Kaminskaya Nina

Granovskaya Ludmila Ivanovna. Memories. Tale. Leningrad, 1988 Typescript. 62 p.
The fictionalized story, presented by the author as a story, consists of 8 chapters.
Chapter 1. An enthusiastic description of Leningrad, which became the homeland for a girl from an orphanage, the May Day parade, when a group of athletes (including the author) pass in front of the podium, demonstrating devotion and love for the leaders and a willingness to serve the motherland with all their appearance, begins with a fleeting recollection of her husband Los-Losev, who is writing a book on the theory of aviation.
Chapter 2. Memories of the author's passion for gliding, which was just emerging in the 30s, about her organization of a gliding circle at the Krasny Putilovets plant, about the admiration of glider pilots by their teacher Los-Losev, who later became the author's husband. Questionnaire Los-Losev Yu.D. His autobiography. A story about my husband's work with cadets from China, his business trip to Koktebel, training in the area of ​​the Uzun-Syrt ridge, about life at Voloshin's dacha, about classes with Turkish youth who are fond of gliding. About the death of the younger Losev during the days of the blockade, the arrest of her husband in 1937 and his execution in 1939. At the end of the chapter, an expression of confidence that the work of the Losev pioneer glider pilots is a great contribution to the exploration of heavenly space.
Chapter 3 ("Arrest"). Return after a summer practice, which was held by the second-year students of the Faculty of Geology and Soil of Leningrad University. The sealed door to the apartment. Neighbors report of husband's arrest. An angry letter to the Big House accusing him of his unjust arrest. Call to the Big House for a conversation. December 28 of the same, 1937, the arrest of the author. Prison "Crosses". Women prisoners standing in the cell all night close to each other. In the morning transfer to another cell, after they took away all the decorations. There are 30 people in the cell. Not even nar. Women who gave the impression of being insane, as they “waving some kind of rags” - dried their linen. After refusing to sign the accusation, he was transferred to another cell. Sentence - 5 years labor camp. Loading women on cars with the inscription "Bread". Loss of consciousness by some due to stuffiness. Wagons. Tired road. Stop at the Potma station of the Mordovian Republic. The path of women on foot during the day, accompanied by an escort. Description of the women's camp. A separate barrack for Georgian women. In total, about 5 thousand people. This camp, according to the author, was "a women's state with its own self-government." Work only inside the camp and exclusively on self-service themselves. Complete isolation from the outside world, a ban on correspondence, idleness (they lay on the bunk all day), the monotony of food - all this led to mass hysteria. The impetus for it was the appearance of a horse with a foal in the camp yard, which reminded mothers of their children. As a result, the authorities took some measures to avoid general madness: permission to collect needles outside the gates of the camp, a promise to allow correspondence, the installation of a loudspeaker in the yard, the opening of an embroidery workshop. First letters from children. The result is cases of insanity among the women who are taken away by the convoy. In 1940, the prisoners moved to Karelia, to a camp common for men and women. Construction of an irrigation canal. Backbreaking work not only for women, but also for men. Constant feeling of hunger. Transfer to the city of Segezha to a paper and pulp mill. The work of the author in the design department.
The beginning of the war. Bombing of Segezha. The feeling of resentment of many women at the fact that applications with a request to be sent to the front remained unanswered. Transfer to the Karaganda camp. On the train for over a month. The distribution in different parties of women who became friends with each other. Their great grief at parting. (The guards tore them apart by force.) An agricultural experimental station near the village of Dolinka. The episode with the brutal rape of a group of women.
Chapters 4, 5, 6. About the author's work in a group of topographers, about his passion for his work, about friendly relations with other topographers, also prisoners. The author's dreams about the return of her husband, who, as she believes, was imprisoned by mistake. About the life of the author after his release in 1942 - first in the village of Dolinka at the Agricultural Machinery Plant for free hire, then work at the Sukhozhilsky Cement Plant, at the Kirovobad Alumina Plant, at the Agricultural Machinery Plant in the city of Lida, Grodno Region, at the Onega Machine-Building Plant, at the Petrozavodsk House-Building Plant. For 15 years of work, 20 layoffs, which was explained by the camp past. In 1961 he returned to Leningrad.
Chapter 7. On the turbulent professional and social life in Leningrad.
Chapter 8. About the filming of the film "A Dossier on Myself" (directed by Gennady Beglov), about the meeting of camp girlfriends on these shootings.

The annotation was compiled by Zhidkova T.G.

Alekseev Alexander, Antonov Oleg Konstantinovich, Batagina Nina, Beglov Gennady Alexandrovich, Valentine, Vanechka, Vasily Alekseev, Granovskaya (Loseva) Lyudmila Ivanovna, Dolenga, Kundesh (Zelenova) Lyudmila Eduardovna, Kaminskaya Nina, Korotkevich Neonila, Lexik Alekseev, Locatelli Nina, Losev Bronislav Dominikovich, Losev Vladislav Dominikovich, Losev Dominique Adamovich, Losev Ezhik (George) Dominikovich, Losev Konstantin Dominikovich, Losev Leon Dominicovich, Loseva Sofia Vikentievna, Loseva Yulianna, Loseva Yadviga (Yadya) Dominikovna, Los-Losev Yuzef Dominikovich, Metek, Nikolai Andreevich, Nina Kameonskaya, Pavel Ivanovich, Pirker Vera Konstantinovna, Spiridon Alekseevich, Stepan Fedorovich, Striganenko Elena, Sukharnikova Lyudmila Ivanovna, Ter-Asaturova Elena Alexandrovna, Flori Boris Fedorovich