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Nadezhda TUTIK
Nadezhda Tutik was born in deportation in Omsk, in 1950. Her father, who came from a well-off family, was arrested in Lviv in 1947, three days after his marriage.. He was deported to Omsk, where he was joined by his wife in 1949. In 1953, Nadezhda's sister was born in the barrack where the family lived.
During her childhood in Siberia, Nadezhda's parents, very patriotic, instilled in her the love of Ukraine. From 1957 on, the family is sometimes allowed to spend vacations in Ukraine. Nadezhda went to school in Omsk, became a pioneer and took music lessons. She then became a komsomole and was allowed to study medicine in Omsk.
After the easing of the control measures over deportees, Nadezhda's father began proceedings to be rehabilitated and to recover his property. He obtained compensation and a certificate of rehabilitation, which allowed the family to return to Lviv in 1969. Nadezhda learned Ukrainian and finished her studies in Lviv. She later began a career as a children's doctor.
In 2009, Nadezhda Tutik still lived in Lviv and was a member of an association of former deportees.
The interview with Nadezhda Tutik was conducted in 2009 by Marc Elie and Marta Craveri.
Her father's deportation (Original in Russian)
Nadezhda Tutik tells the story of her father's deportation, three days after his marriage. Her mother goes to the railway station and asks the head of the convoy in which her husband is locked up to leave with him. The convoy leader laughed and told her, "You are a beauty. You'll find a way to remarry. You're not on the list, we're not taking you"...
The arrival of her mother and her birth in deportation (Original in Russian)
The initial fear of the Ukrainians (Original in Russian)
Nadejda Tutik explains that during the first years of relegation, the Ukrainians were very feared, seen as "banderovtsy" who would be threatening. Later on, bonds were created with the different populations that were present, who even cried when the Ukrainians left for their homeland.
Love of Ukraine (Original in Russian)
Nadezhda Tutik explains how her parents passed on their love for their homeland to her during her childhood.
Festivities and traditional clothing (Original in Russian)
Becoming a Pionnier (Original in Russian)
Her cousin's anger against the Soviet regime (Original in Russian)
In this excerpt, Nadezhda Tutik contrasts her experience of being born in deportation with that of her cousin, who was 10 years old at the time of his deportation and who always refused to integrate into Soviet life.
Religion in deportation (Original in Russian)
Nadezhda Tutik discusses her family’s religious rituals.
Religion in deportation (English version)
Nadezhda Tutik discusses her family’s religious rituals.
Control of deportees becomes more flexible (Original in Russian)
Vacations in Ukraine (Original in Russian)
Nadezhda Tutik remembers the vacations she was able to spend in Ukraine with her parents from the age of seven and the flowers her mother collected in Ukraine, dried and brought back to Omsk.
Rehabilitation and return to Ukraine (Original in Russian)
Nadezhda Tutik discusses the time and repeated efforts it took her father to obtain his release and return to Ukraine, and the many letters he sent, to Moscow or other authorities, and explains that many Ukrainians did this to be released.
Rehabilitation and return to Ukraine (English version)
Nadezhda Tutik discusses the time and repeated efforts it took her father to obtain his release and return to Ukraine, and the many letters he sent, to Moscow or other authorities, and explains that many Ukrainians did this to be released.
Patriotism after the return (Original in Russian)