Sofia Rul: toys

Did you have toys in your childhood?

One toy only. My elder sister was 6 years older than me, so she made me up such dolls stuffed with cuttings.

Dolls, yes?

Well, yes.

Did you paint the eyes by yourself?

Yes, we did. We painted by ourselves.

And what about the toys from the shop?

What are you talking about? What kind of shop toys? At the village, particularly after the war, sometimes we were not plenty of bread there.

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Researcher: Natalya Ivaschenko, PhD (Historical Sciences), associated professor at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Svetlana Silova, PhD (Historical Sciences), associated professor at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno