Raisa Mazur
Mila’s mother
On the one hand, the biography of the performer of Mila’s mother role is pretty similar to many Soviet people’s destinies, but on the other hand, incredible stories of her life deserve detailed coverage.
Born in 1932 (92 years old), Smolensk region, (Yershichsky district, the village of Vorga) in a large family (six children).
Her parents worked at the Vorginsky (Vorzhansky) glass factory, which produced materials for the whole country.
All the children in the family were accustomed to work from childhood. Cultivation of the land required a lot of effort.
In childhood, Raisa twice found herself on the verge of life and death, and both times circumstances developed so that she remained alive, as if an invisible guardian angel protected her under the cover of his wing.
So at the age of 9, little Raya saw the horror of the war with her own eyes, and during the occupation of the village by the Germans, she experienced a terrible episode when there seemed to be no chance to survive.
Once, the fascists drove the inhabitants of the whole village into the school premises, surrounded them with branches, firewood, and put machine guns around the perimeter. They intended to shoot people, trying to escape, demanding to give out the location of the partisans. Suddenly, for some unknown reasons, one of the officers reversed the decision, and the people were released.
In 1949, Raisa moved to Moscow for the construction work, proved herself to be an intelligent and responsible employee and, despite her youth (she was 17 at the time), became a foreman, and in parallel also finished 8th grade in evening school.
In 1953 Raisa personally attended Stalin’s funeral, where she got into a crush in the queue. Miraculously, the crowd pushed her into the entrance of some house, thanks to which the girl managed to slip out of the stream and stayed alive.
Later, Raisa took courses for food sellers, worked in various retail outlets in Moscow, gave birth to five children, and in 1976, as a mother of many children, she received a five-room apartment from the government and medals (“Veteran of Labor” and “Mother Heroine”).
Raisa Mazur
Mila’s mother
On the one hand, the biography of the performer of Mila’s mother role is pretty similar to many Soviet people’s destinies, but on the other hand, incredible stories of her life deserve detailed coverage.
Born in 1932 (92 years old), Smolensk region, (Yershichsky district, the village of Vorga) in a large family (six children).
Her parents worked at the Vorginsky (Vorzhansky) glass factory, which produced materials for the whole country.
All the children in the family were accustomed to work from childhood. Cultivation of the land required a lot of effort.
In childhood, Raisa twice found herself on the verge of life and death, and both times circumstances developed so that she remained alive, as if an invisible guardian angel protected her under the cover of his wing.
So at the age of 9, little Raya saw the horror of the war with her own eyes, and during the occupation of the village by the Germans, she experienced a terrible episode when there seemed to be no chance to survive.
Once, the fascists drove the inhabitants of the whole village into the school premises, surrounded them with branches, firewood, and put machine guns around the perimeter. They intended to shoot people, trying to escape, demanding to give out the location of the partisans. Suddenly, for some unknown reasons, one of the officers reversed the decision, and the people were released.
In 1949, Raisa moved to Moscow for the construction work, proved herself to be an intelligent and responsible employee and, despite her youth (she was 17 at the time), became a foreman, and in parallel also finished 8th grade in evening school.
In 1953 Raisa personally attended Stalin’s funeral, where she got into a crush in the queue. Miraculously, the crowd pushed her into the entrance of some house, thanks to which the girl managed to slip out of the stream and stayed alive.
Later, Raisa took courses for food sellers, worked in various retail outlets in Moscow, gave birth to five children, and in 1976, as a mother of many children, she received a five-room apartment from the government and medals (“Veteran of Labor” and “Mother Heroine”).
