- Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya
Eufrosinia Antonovna Kersnovskaya ( _ru. Евфросиния Антоновна Керсновская;
January 8 ,1908 —March 8 ,1994 ) was aRussia n woman who spent 12 years inGulag camps and wrote her memoirs in 12 notebooks, 2,200,000 characters, accompanied with 680 pictures.She wrote 3 copies of the work. In 1968 her friends typed
samizdat copies, repeating the pictures on the back sides of the sheets. Excerpts from the work were first published in "Ogonyok " and "Znamya " magazines in 1990, as well as in "The Observer " (June 1990). After that, German and French publications followed. Finally, in 2001 the complete text, in 6 volumes, was published inRussia .Biography
Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya was born in
Odessa to an aristocratic family. During theRussian Civil War the family moved to their estate toBessarabia to becomefarmers . Bessarabia was soon united withRomania . In 1940 it was annexed by theSoviet Union , and the Kersnovskaya family (Eufrosinia and her mother) were repressed as formerlandowner s. She was exiled toSiberia as an exile settler (ссыльнопоселенец) to work atlogging . She attempted to escape, but she was caught and sentenced to death. The sentence was replaced by 10 years oflabor camps , which she spent in theNorillag (Норильлаг,Norilsk labor camp) atmining works.After discharge she lived in
Yessentuki and wrote her memoirs during 1964–1968.Her memoirs illustrated by hundreds of drawings presents unique insight into the life of the Soviet Union and especially the life of
Gulag . They are also remarkable for the quality of the drawings.ome drawings
"See for more."
All drawings on this page are available courtesy to Kersnovkaya foundation. See image description pages for the details
Children in Gulag
Women in Gulag
Hospital
Other
Bibliography
*Керсновская Е.А. "Наскальная живопись". - М.: КВАДРАТ, 1991;
*Kersnovskaja Е. "Ach Herr wenn unre Sunden uns verklagen". - Kiel: NEUER MALIK VERLAG, 1991.
*Кersnovskaja Е. "Coupable de rien". - Paris: PLON, 1994.
*Керсновская Е.А. "Сколько стоит человек". - 6 volumes, Moscow, ООО "МОЖАЙСК-ТЕРРА", 2000-2001.External links
*ru icon [http://women-gulag.ru/ "How Much Is a Person Worth?"]
* "Children Are Our Wealth", "The Tale of the Lithuanian Niobe," "Azerbaijani Criminals and European Denseness." " [http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article.php?lab=Howmuchis Excerpts from How Much Is a Person Worth?]
ee also
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Nikolai Getman
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