Shcheretsky, Ivan
Description
- Creators
- Ivan Shcheretsky (b. 1909), Author
- Volodymyr Maniak, Recipient
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Types
- Correspondence
- Envelopes
- Transcriptions
- Description
Letter sent from: Village of Rusalivka, Mankivka raion, Cherkasy oblast
Describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Rusalivka, Mankivka raion, Kyiv oblast
Current location name: Village of Rusalivka, Mankivka raion, Cherkasy oblast
The author was born into a “seredniak” family (middle peasant); was friendly with the local Komsomol members; worked in the Donbas in 1928-1929, says things were going well. Hell broke loose in 1932; in 1933 600 people died in 500 households. Ownership of 6 desiatynas of land equaled a kurkul verdict. Seredniaky were treated harshly. Post-WW II work norms and conditions were harsh in the kolhosp; high taxes, no days off. Notes shutdown of travel for food or work in 1933. Blames state officials who farmed out the work to a variety of lowlifes and NKVD without maintaining control. Discussed categorization and situations of “poor” peasants.- Notes
- Author's gender: Male
Author's name in Ukrainian: Іван Гаврилович Щерецький - Date of Original
- 8 January 1989
- Date Of Event
- 1932-1933
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Іван Гаврилович Щерецький ; Ivan Shcheretsky
- Local identifier
- 203 - Dropbox 4
- Collection
- Maniak Collection
- Language of Item
- Ukrainian
- Geographic Coverage
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Cherkasy, Ukraine
Latitude: 49.13521 Longitude: 30.42641
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Holodomor Research & Education Consortium
