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After Aunt Anya took me in, I began to go to school. I started in 1938. I entered third grade, because earlier I had gone to school when Mom was alive. I liked mathematics, the Russian language, dictation – they were my favorite subjects. I wasn’t so good in English. I wanted to study, and later, in vocational school, I was always top of the class. I was always elected to be a class leader, and always worked hard.
I always got on well with the other children. We had a mathematics teacher – her name was Anna Ivanovna, who was a school superintendent. She loved me and felt sorry for me, and I was always teased that I was “Annushka’s pet.
I always got on well with the other children. We had a mathematics teacher – her name was Anna Ivanovna, who was a school superintendent. She loved me and felt sorry for me, and I was always teased that I was “Annushka’s pet.
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1938
Location
Russia
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Irina Voinova
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