Memoires of Zinkov residents - participants of the GPW

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A book bought some years ago, probably made by local youth in just one copy in 1990.
It contains the short memoires of the residents of the village of Zinkov (or Zinkiv in Ukrainian) in Ukraine who took part in the Great Patriotic War.
There are also photographs of some of the veterans.

What's interesting is that it was written in Ukrainian even though they couldn't find a typewriter with Ukrainian alphabet, so it's written on Russian one, with use of "!" "''" and other to substitute for the the missing letters.

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It contains the memoires of:
Deputat Anton Timofiyovich
Hryshak Anton Yosifovich (rus. prob. Grishak)
Antonyuk Opanas Vasylovich (Vasiliyevich)
Batsenko Vasyl Lukovich (Vasiliy Lukich)
Bevza Pavlo Yukhimovich (Pavel Yakhimovich)
Bevza /Smalyukhivska/ Nadia Yukhimovna (Smalyukhovska)
Bezborodko Hryhoryi Volodymyrovych (Grigoriy Vladimirovich)
Bekh Petro Volodymyrovych (Petr Vladimirovich)
Bilokon' Yosip Serhiyovich (Biłokon' or belokon' Yosip Sergeevich)
Brik Stepan Ivanovich
Brusko Anton Mykolayovich (Nikolayevich)
Bunkovskiy Mykhaylo Ivanovych (Mikhail Ivanovich)
Baranitsa Stepan Ivanovich
Verkhovyi Fedir Trokhimovych (Fyodor Trokhimovich)
Voznyi Ivan Volodymyrovych (Vladimirovich)
Volchanskiy Trokhim Petrovich
Voronyi Ivan Hordiyovich (?)
Vokh Ivan Petrovich
Hayduk Anton Semenovich (Gayduk)
Gerasymenyuk Yuchim Arlampiyovich (Gerasimenyuk)
Hitman Abram Aronovich (Gitman Abram or Avram)

To be continued...

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Hluzman Meyer Matviyovich (Gluzman Meyer Matveevich)
Hnizdovskyi Kazimir Mykolayovych (Gnizdovskiy or Gnezdovskiy)
Holinko Ivan Stepanovich (Golinko)
Horokhov Petro Ivanovych (Gorokhov Petr Ivanovich)
Hronda Petro Havrylovych (Gronda Petr Gavrilovich)
Dorofey Petro Mykolayovych (Petr Nikolaevich)
Zhabokrak Ivan Ivanovych
Zhuk Oleksiy Petrovych (Aleksey Petrovich)
Kabachynskiy Vasyl' Kostyantynovych (Kabachinskiy Vasiliy Konstantinovich)
Kabachynskiy Ivan Volodymyrovich
Kabachynskiy Mykhaylo Volodymyrovich (Mikhail Vladimirovich)
Kashevskiy Hryhoryi Stepanovich (Grigoriy)
Kovalchuk Hryhoryi Timofiyovych (Grigoriy Timofeevich)
Kohut Ivan Stepanovych (Kogut)
Kolisnik Ivan Hryhorovych (Kolesnik Ivan Grigorievich)
Kopchynskiy Adam Ivanovich
Kostyuk Luka Vasylovych
Krakovskiy Hryhoryi Hnatovich (Grigoriy Ignatovich?)
Kushnirchuk Hryhoryi Trofimovich
Labunyak Mykhailo Ivanovich
Lisyuk Petro Mykhailovych
Linkova Mariya Moysiivna (Linkovaya or Lenkovaya? Maria Moyseevna
Lyutyi Ivan Andriyovich
Lyutyi Stepan Pavlovich
Mazur Anton Antonovich
Makocina Mykhailo Mykhailovych (Mikhail Mikhailovich)
Maksimchuk Nikolai Yakovlevich (in Russian)
Matkovskiy Vladimir Mikhailovich (in Russian)
Matushchak Fedir Zakharovich (Fedor)
Nahly (Nahlyi?) Vasyl' Danilovich ( Naglyi? Vasiliy Dannilovich)
Pasatyuk Yulia Hnativna
Pisarenko Pavlo Trokhimovich
Podolya Petro Timofiyovich (Petr Timofeevich)
Rybak Mykola Ivanovych (Nikolai)
Sitnik Yosip Mykolayovich
Syndetskyi Mykhailo Ivanovich
Slobodyan Havrylo Korniyovych (Gavrill Korneevich)
Smarovidlo Kz'ma Semenovich
Struzhevska Nina Antonivna (Struzhevskaya)
Talaur Vasyl' Filimonovych
Tikhman Volodymyr Yakovych
Chepkiy Ivan Trokhimovych
Shvarts Lazar Isakovych
Yurchyna Vasyl' Mikitovych (Vasiliy Nikitovich)
Yurchyna Petro Oleksiyovych (Petr Alekseevich
Yurchyna Jakiv Mikitovych (Yakov Nikitovich)

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Koval' Stepan Yosipovich
Verbovyi Fedir Trokhimovych (Fyodor Trokhimovich)

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In general - many of the memoires are rather sketchy - Like: "I was born on... I wads called for the service on... and returned home in... Now I am retired".

But there are also some more interesting - like descriptionof the crossing of a desert in Mongolia or about life in a radiooperator's school - were soldiers were begging to be sent to the frontline to avoid death of starvation.

Even though some are "I have to thank our Party for it'sbrilliant leadership of our Army and Country", some are more honest, and one of the oficers openly criticises the postwar rulers of the Soviet Union.

As the time allows, I will probably be posting some of them translated.