Tag #144388 - Interview #78227 (frieda stoyanovskaya)

There was no Jewish neighborhood, so to say, in Borispol in the early 20th century. The town was small - two or three central streets with stores and town buildings. Further on were typical Ukrainian village houses. These were small wooden buildings, with 2 or 3 rooms, with the toilet on the street. The roof was usually covered with straw. In the house there was a stove, which burnt firewood. Usually, near the house there was a garden with fruit trees and a vegetable garden, where vegetables were grown for the family. In the courtyard there was always a pit, where water was taken from inside a small wooden building, for the farm animals. We lived near the central part. There were three one-story buildings, forming a big yard. Three Jewish families rented them from a better-off landlord.