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RE: My family: a public enemy, a Christian atheist, and a bookkeeper who might have saved the lives of your grandparents
A fascinating glimpse into your own personal history. How lucky you are to have these photographs. They tell a personal story and I want to know more about them and how they coped with the war. Horrible time for Russia. Thank you for sharing these.
Thank you for taking time reading this! I agree with you that the War was horrible. There is no family in Russia who have not lost their relatives there.
I did not write here about my great-grandfather, the father of my grandma. Unfortunately, I do not have a photo of him. His name was Nikolai Bulavin. He was a stove-maker. He kept up with politics and early in 1941 knew that the war was coming, despite the Soviet officials telling the opposite. He guessed he was going to be recruited for the army with little chance of survival and there was going to be a shortage of food supply for civilians. So, he sold almost all his clothes (clothes used to be quite expensive at that time), bought wheat, and buried it under the floor of the house. In July 1941 he was recruited and shot dead shortly thereafter. Unlike many other Russian families, his family had never suffered from hunger during the War.