First childhood memory of Jakov Kiselev

When were you born, please, name the date.

21-st June, 1924.

Place of birth.

Lyozno, Vitebsk Oblast.

Do you remember your first recollections of childhood?

You know, when I read that other people remember themselves when they were 3 or 4 years old, I do not remember. It seems to me that these recollections are just story telling. My very first recollections are from my first form …when I was at the reception class at school; there was a reception class at my school. When I have 6 years old I started going to school, there were lots of snow around, and my father came up to me. There. So, this is the only recollection from my early childhood. I was only six then and these are fragmentary memories. I cannot say that I can recollect something essential during my early years when I was three or four years old. Well, I attended the Jewish school.

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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