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Zalyvcha, Sofiia

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Description
Creators
Sofiia Zalyvcha (date of birth unknown), Author
Volodymyr Maniak
, Recipient
Media Type
Text
Item Types
Correspondence
Envelopes
Transcriptions
Description

Letter sent from: Myrhorod raion, Poltava oblast
Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Ostapie, Velyka Bahachka, Kharkiv oblast
Current location name: Village of Ostapie, Velyka Bahachka, Poltava oblast


Sofiia Zalyvcha writes a follow-up letter adding detail to the one she had sent earlier, on January 20. She mentions that people were dying “like flies,” on their feet, that only about a third of the population of Velyka Bahachka survived, and those who did survive ate food substitutes like weeds and bark.


Ukrainian transcription available.

Notes
Author's gender: Female
Category: Follow-up
Author's name in Ukrainian: Софія Яківна Заливча
Date of Original
February 16, 1989
Date Of Event
1932-1933
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Софія Яківна Заливча ; Sofiia Zalyvcha
Local identifier
152- 3b
Collection
Maniak Collection
Language of Item
Ukrainian
Geographic Coverage
  • Poltava, Ukraine
    Latitude: 49.53166 Longitude: 33.76826
  • Ostapie, Velyka Bahachna raion, Poltava oblast:
    Poltava, Ukraine
    Latitude: 49.54956 Longitude: 33.76091
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