Tag #148653 - Interview #95439 (Maria Zabozlaeva)

Мy paternal grandfather Semyon Ogushevich was born in Saratov, sometime in 1870s. Grandfather Semyon was a strict, morose, taciturn and severe man.  There is his portrait hanging on the wall in a photograph taken in my mother’s apartment. I remember that he worked a lot, repairing primus stoves [7] and water pipes. He was tall and thin and had a gray beard and long hair. I don’t remember whether he wore a hat or a kippah. Grandfather Semyon was very religious. He celebrated all holidays and observed traditions, went to synagogue and prayed a lot. My grandfather had two or three books with yellow pages that he used when praying. I remember that he prayed at home with his tefillin on his hand and forehead.  He also had a tallit on. I don’t think grandfather gave much thought to a change of regime since he was busy repairing primus stoves from morning till night. There were no discussions about the revolution in his home.