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When in March 1953 Stalin died it was a terrible shock for me. On the day of his death I stood in guard of honor by his monument with tears pouring down my cheeks. I couldn’t hold back my tears for several days. All people around were crying. They were not ashamed of their tears. I remember my stepbrother Edward sobbing on the sofa ‘Why him? I wish I had died rather than he’. We believed in Stalin, this was how we were raised. His death was a terrible tragedy for millions. All of them kept asking one question: how we were to live on?
Period
Year
1953
Location
Kharkov
Kharkivska oblast
Ukraine
Interview
Larisa Radomyselskaya