Document 115

Letter from S. N. Gretsky to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta seeking restoration of kolkhoz membership, 11 January 1939

RGAE, f. 396, op. 11, d. 41, ll. 91-91ob. Original manuscript.

I Stepan Nikitich Gretsky Have sevin sons whoo eech wirk at there own jobs. The oldest son Grigory wirks at the Mitkovsky emtiess [MTS] as the brigade leeder of a traktor Brigade. The second son Nikolai wirks as a forge hand at the same emtiess. The third son Vasily got discharged ahead of schedule from the Red Army in 38 as a tankman He works at the same Mitkovsky emtiess. The forth son Dimitry was called up into the Red Army he serves in one of the units of the far east Army. The fiffth son Ivan is in the sevin grade at seckondary school. The six son Stepan is in the six grade at the same school, the sevin Nikikhvor is in elimentary school in the third groop. I the father Stepan Gretsky am an invalid of the World war in the second group, and in December 1938 I was expelled from the kolkhoz But my plot is worth 220 labordays. I ask the editors of Krestianskaia Gazeta to explane and get me back on the kolkhoz. Red Riverbank Kolkhoz Klimovo Raion Orel Oblast.