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Zinovi Siderski, Vladimir’s father, during the Civil War (1918-1919).
© Vladimir Siderski
Zinovi Siderski, Vladimir’s father, in Chernigov (Chernihiv) in 1924.
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Zinovi Siderski and the Ukrainian filmmaker Dovzhenko in Kiev in 1927 (Ukrainian directorate of photography and cinema).
© Vladimir Siderski
Zinovi Siderski and the Ukrainian filmmaker Dovzhenko in Kiev in 1927 (Ukrainian directorate of photography and cinema).
© Vladimir Siderski
Zinovi Siderski, deputy director of the department of agriculture of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Ki
© Vladimir Siderski
Zinovi Siderski, Ukraine People’s Commissar for Agriculture, Kiev, 1937, shortly before his arrest.
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Vladimir Siderski, Pechora camp, June 1949.
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Vladimir Siderski, Pechora camp, July 1949.
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Vladimir Siderski, 16 November 1961, four months after leaving university.
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Like father, like son
Vladimir’s father was an active Communist with senior government responsibilities in 1930s Ukraine, and was then arrested during the Great Purge of 1937 and shot. His son, Vladimir, was left alone at first but was arrested after the Second World War.