Mariia Yakivna Bohuta

“Once my mom came to her friend, an unknown man was sitting there, and he asked, 'What kind of woman is this?' And she replied, 'Such and such.' He kept asking and my mom said that she had a daughter who had to work. She said: 'She has seven classes, where else to learn? After the war, they took everything from us in the collective farm. They even dismantled our shed. That's terrible.' He said,' And where does she work? ' 'She doesn't work yet.' He suggested that I go to Verba in Rajtkom to the Komsomol. He said: 'She must join the Komsomol.'”

"I took seven classes. It was the first seven-year school and I graduated in 1948. There were good teachers and a handsome principal. I remember Katerina Ivanovna. I remember their last names. They were such good people. [Did you learn Ukrainian?] We learned Ukrainian. "