Статья "Tanya’s diary."

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A glimpse of history All people know the name of Tanya Savicheva. Tanya Savicheva was eleven years old when the Great Patriotic War began. She lived happily together with her family in Leningrad. The hunger during the siege was terrible. From November20, 1941, the industrial workers got 250 grammas of heavy bread a day. Office workers, students, dependents and children got only 125 grammas of bread. Day after day Tanya wrote in her diary: «Zhenya died on December 28, 1941. The grandmother died on January 25, 1942 … Leka died on March 17, 1942. Uncle Vasya died on April 13, 1942 …Uncle Lyosha died on May 10, 1942… Mum died on May 13, 1942 … the Savichevs are dead … All are dead …Only Tanya is left…» Tanya was wrong. Not all the Savichevs were dead. Tanya did not remember that her elder sister. Nina had been evacuated and her elder brother, Mikhail, was with the partisans. Tanya was evacuated from Leningrad to the Shatsky District, Gorky Region. The fight for her life lasted for many months, but the doctors could not save her. She died on July 1, 1944. Forward! Magazine Milana’s stories Tanya’s diary.