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Family Tree
Paternal Paternal Maternal Maternal grandfa grandmoth grandfather grandmother ther er Moisey Pesia Ghil ? Braverman Ostrovski Ostrovskaya Braverman (nee?) 1880s-1919 (nee Fridkina) 1870s-1942 1870s-1910s 1880s-1943
Mother Father Revekka Ostrovskaya Boris Braverman 1906-1983 1907-1994
Siblings Spouse Interviewee Shamil Edik Braverman Mukhamedjanov 1939 Lina Mukhamedjanova 1931-1977 (nee Braverman) 1933
Children
Natasha Shulghina (nee Mukhamedjanovа) 1958
1 The interviewee and his family
Full name Lina Mukhamedjanovа (nee Braverman) (first name changed in 1949 from Engelina)
Where and when were you born? Chernigov, 16th October 1933
Where else did you live? Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan), Leningrad (today St. Petersburg, Russia), Guriev (today Kazakhstan)
Your educational level? Higher secondary school in Chernigov, Leningrad Communication College
What sort of work do/did you do? Telephone operator at a telephone company in Chernigov, engineer working in the field of geological surveys
How religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised? I grew up in a family of atheists. My parents were members of the Communist Party. They didn’t observe any Jewish traditions or celebrate holidays.
What is your mother tongue? Russian
What other languages do you speak? Ukrainian
2 Where were you during the Holocaust? In evacuation in a kolkhoz in Stalingrad region; aviator, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
What did you do after the Holocaust? Lived in Chernigov, finished school and college in Leningrad, worked with geological research group in Kazakhstan
3 Siblings
Their names Edik Braverman
Where and when were they born? Chernigov, 1939
What is their mother tongue? Russian
Their educational level? Leningrad Technological College
Their occupations? Technical engineer
Where do/did they live? Moscow (today Russia)
Where else did they live? Leningrad (today St. Petersburg, Russia), Vilnius (Vilno, today Lithuania), Chernigov, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
Do they have children? Evgenia Braverman, born in 1972, engineer, lives in Moscow Elena Braverman, born in 1987, student, lives in Moscow
4 Spouse Name? Shamil Mukhamedjanov
Where and when was he/she born? Guriev (today Kazakhstan), 1931
Where else did he/she live? Chernigov
Is he/she Jewish? No
What is his/her mother tongue? Tatar
His/her educational level? Geological Survey College
Occupation? Geologist
Where and when did he/she die? Chernigov, 1977
Tell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is Jewish and whether it is religious).
5 Two younger brothers, names and dates unknown, they live in Kazakhstan with their wives and children
6 Children
Their names? Natasha Shulgina (nee Mukhamedjanovа)
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews? Natasha is aware of her Jewish origin, but she considers herself ‘a woman of the world’.
Where and when were they born? Guriev (today Kazakhstan), 1958
Where else did they live? Chernigov, Simferopol
Their educational level? Faculty of Roman and German Philology at Simferopol University
Their occupations? Librarian at Simferopol University
How many grandchildren do you have? Victor Shulgin: born in 1982, student at Simferopol University Alexandr Shulgin: born in 1984, student at Simferopol University
7 Father
His name? Boris Braverman (Jewish name: Berko)
Where and when was he born? Schors, Chernigov region, 1907
Where else did he live? Chernigov, Ternopol
Where and when did he die? Chernigov, 1994
What sort of education did he have? Cheder, 4 years at primary school, self-educated
What sort of work did he do? Worked in the accounting department of the district party committee in 1930s, before and after: commodity expert with a bookselling agency
How religious was he? Atheist
What was his mother tongue? Russian
8 Army service: which army and what years? Soviet army (writing clerk in a tank brigade), 1941-1945
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)
name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
Basia Livshytz Schors, 1890s- Housewife Israel Livshytz, Felix Livshytz, b. Not religious
(nee Braverman) Sovkhozchi, engineer, 1925, lives in Ufa
1942 perished near (today Russia),
Stalingrad (today no children
Russia) in 1942 Betia Livshytz, b.
1927, lives in
Gomel (today
Belarus),
no children
Fania Linetzkaya Schors, 1895- Housewife Iosif Linetzkiy, Inna ? (nee Not religious
(nee Braverman) Chernigov, 1941 military Linetzkaya) 1930-
commander in 1999
Kiev, executed in Evgeni Linetzkiy,
1937 1935, engineer,
lives in Kiev
Sarra Braverman Schors, 1900- Accountant Single No children Not religious
Chernigov, 1967
Eva Yatsun Schors, 1913- Planning Alexei Yatsun, Lina Ershova (nee Not religious
(nee Braverman) Kuibyshev (today engineer Russian, Yatsun), lives in
Russia), 2000 aviator, Moscow
died in 1995
Where was he during the Holocaust? In the Soviet army, writing clerk in a tank brigade
9 If he survived, what did he do after? Lived in Chernigov, worked in a book selling agency
10 Paternal grandfather
Your paternal grandfather’s name? Gil’ Braverman
Where and when was he born? Schors, 1870s
Where else did he live? Chernigov, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
Where and when did he die? Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region, 1942
What sort of education did he have? Cheder
What sort of work did he do? Owned a hardware store before the Revolution of 1917
How religious was he? My grandfather was very religious: he prayed with his tallit and tefillin on, wore a kippah, read religious books and went to the synagogue. He celebrated all Jewish holidays and Sabbath and followed the kashrut
What was his mother tongue? Yiddish
11 Army service: which army and what years? None
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? In evacuation in a kolkhoz in Stalingrad region, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
12 Paternal grandmother
Your paternal grandmother’s name? ? Braverman (nee ?)
Where and when was she born? Schors, 1870s
Where else did she live? Chernigov
Where and when did she die? Chernigov, 1910s
What sort of education did she have? Jewish education at home with a melamed
What sort of work did she do? Housewife
How religious was she? My grandmother was very religious. She wore a wig, celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays, followed the kashrut and went to the synagogue.
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
13 Tell me about his brothers and sisters. No information
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before
14 Mother
Her name? Revekka Ostrovskaya
Where and when was she born? Kalygarka, Kiev region, 1906
Where else did she live? Chernigov, a kolkhoz in Stalingrad region, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
Where and when did she die? Chernigov, 1983
What sort of education did she have? Jewish primary school
What sort of work did she do? 1920s – stocking factory, worked in a district Party committee, secretary of Party unit in a hospital, scientific research institute
How religious was she? My mother was an atheist
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
15 Naum Ostrovski Kalygarka, 1909- Worked in Sima Alla ? (nee Not religious
Chernigov, agricultural Ostrovskaya (nee Ostrovskaya), died
1970s company ?), died in 1980s in Israel 2000,
Anna ?
(nee Ostrovskaya),
lives in Haifa
(today Israel)
Lyova Ostrovski Kalygarka, 1913- Student in Single None Not religious
Leningrad, 1941 Leningrad
college
Genia Kalygarka, 1918 Accountant Husband Dmitri Svetlana Not religious
Ostrovskaya Gutnikov Gutnikova
perished at the
front
Where was she during the Holocaust? In evacuation in a kolkhoz in Stalingrad region, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
If she survived, what did she do after? Lived in Chernigov, looked after her granddaughter Natasha
16 Maternal grandfather
Your maternal grandfather’s name? Moisey Ostrovski
Where and when was he born? place unknown, 1880s
Where else did he live? Kalygarka, Kiev region
Where and when did he die? Kalygarka, Kiev region, 1919
What sort of education did he have? Cheder
What sort of work did he do? Forest warden
How religious was he? My grandfather was very religious, observed Jewish traditions, wore a kippah, prayed and celebrated holidays
What was his mother tongue? Yiddish
Army service: which army and what years? None
17 Tell me about his brothers and sisters. No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before
18 Maternal grandmother
Your maternal grandmother’s name? Pesia Ostrovskaya (nee Fridkina)
Where and when was she born? place unknown, 1880s
Where else did she live? Kalygarka Kiev region, Chernigov, a kolkhoz in Stalingrad region, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
Where and when did she die? Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region, 1943
What sort of education did she have? Jewish education at home with a melamed
What sort of work did she do? Housewife
How religious was she? My grandmother was religious before 1919, wore a wig before her husband died. She followed the kashrut and celebrated Sabbath; after 1919 she only celebrated Pesach.
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
19 Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
Isaac Fridkin ?- Perished Military
during WWI assistant
doctor
No information about the other siblings
Where was she during the Holocaust? In evacuation in a kolkhoz in Stalingrad region, Sovkhozchi, Gulbach settlement, Namangan region (today Uzbekistan)
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