Tag #147769 - Interview #78520 (Sophia Noginskaya)

But after the war, in 1945, when Daddy came back home from the front, they accidentally met on Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge. And this, probably, was the key moment in the life of my parents. They registered their marriage on Mom’s birthday, August 20, 1945, and in 1946 my brother Arkady -- Alik -- was born. They all had to live in that same room with the sewer pipes. Very often the pipes leaked. Mom would take her baby Alik and spend the night in the kitchen. They lived very poorly - Dad was the only one who worked. There was not enough food, and Mom told me that she used to serve Daddy his meal and then go out into the street, so that she would to see him eat, because she was so hungry. It was in 1946-1947. I was born in 1956. Daddy was allotted a room by his factory at 7 Gavanskaya Street. It was also a room in a shared apartment. Dad was still the only breadwinner in the family. Mom told me that she often had to borrow money. When Dad received his salary, she usually paid it all out for debts. Thus, when I turned 4, I was sent to a kindergarten, and Mom went to work in the same factory where Dad worked, as a storekeeper.