Collectivization as a national downfall
Document 12
Mariya Dmitrievna Retunskaya (Zubkova)
Born 1910 in the village of Ust-Volchikha, Altay region
Residing in the village of Tutuyas, Miskovsky region, Kemerovo district
Recorded by Yana Polzutko in December, 1999
... One could not leave the kolkhoz. We did not have passports.
One had to have a transcript from the kolkhoz to get a passport.
But nobody would issue it. That was done to keep the workforce in.
Collectivization
as a national downfall
Translation from Bulgarian by Dr. Neli Hadjiyska
and Dr. Valentin Hadjiyski
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