| Creator: | Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory |
| Title: | Village Mothers Oral History Project |
| Collection No.: | ohrc100 |
| Dates: | 1981-1990 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 92 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | This project consists of interviews with Russian and Tatarian mothers of three different generations, those born before 1912, those born between 1912 and 1930, and those born after 1930. The interviewees talk about the change in norms and acceptance regarding motherhood due to wars and government changes. Topics discussed include motherhood, reproduction, infant and child mortality, courtship and marriage, fertility and abortion, prenatal care, maternity homes, maternity leave, and pediatric services. These interviews show how traditional practices blended with modern medical practices and ideas over the last one hundred years These interviews were used by David Ransel in his book Village Mothers "2000." The interviews have been transcribed in Russian with some English notes. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English and Russian . |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection contains ninety-two interviews conducted over five years. All interviews consist of audio tapes and typed transcripts in Russian.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 00-071
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Garifabanu Abdullina, born in 1908, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother and her Tatar customs.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-001
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Antonia Abramova, born in 1931, lives in Inakovka 2, Tambov Province, Russia. Antonia discusses motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-002
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Mariia Abramova, born in 1931, lives in Inakovka 2, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-072
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Nuraniia Badrieva, born in 1932, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-073
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Zatiia Bagautdinova, born in 1925 lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-004
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Olimpiada Bakhmesterova, born in 1902, lives in Staroe Selo, Moscow Province, Russia. Her father died when she was a baby. Bakhmesterova got married in 1924 and had her first son a year later. She had six children. She stated that she loved her husband and that the births were not difficult. She nursed for a long time and swaddled her babies. In addition, she used a midwife and learned how to make diapers. She also learned how to take care of a child during her days as a nanny. She used some of her own remedies for ailments.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-003
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Varvara Baranova, born in 1915, lives in Lepeshki, in the Moscow Province of Russia. She had ten siblings and five children of her own, not all of whom survived. All her children were born in a hospital, but she also practiced traditional customs such as swaddling and the Evil Eye. She used herbs and oils to cure certain ailments, but for serious illnesses she took her family members to the hospital.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-005
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Vera Belikova, born in 1909, lives in Nazarovno, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses childbirth and rearing in Russia.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-006
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Elena Bobkova, born in 1919, lives in Ezhevitsa, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-007
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Liia Brykina, born in 1931, lives in Inakovka 1, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-008
Physical Description: 22 pages; 2 tapes; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Lina Buldakova, born in 1907, lives in Vvedenskoe in the Moscow Province in Russia. She discusses traditional child-rearing and bearing practices versus modern practices.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-009
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Vasilii Dobrynin, born in 1923, lives in Inakovka Village, Tambov Province, Russia. He discusses his experiences with his mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-074
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Roza Fakhrutdinova, born in 1933, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences before and after abortion became legal.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-010
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Klavdiia Fateeva, born in 1937, lives in Inakovka, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-011
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Dar'ia Fedosenkova was born in 1909 and lives in Suglitsa, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-075
Physical Description: 12 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Nafisa Galeeva, born in 1910, lives in Moscow, Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-012
Physical Description: 10 pages; 1 tape; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Ekaterina Gerasimova, born in 1909, lives in Tsarevo, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-013
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Aleksandra Gibert, born in 1921, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-076
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Mar'iam Gimadeeva, born in 1918, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'iavonovsk Province, Russia. She discusses childbirth, motherhood, and child-rearing. Gimadeeva related stories about trying to toughen up kids through labor and lack of material goods. She also stated that for their own protection, Tatar children were rarely allowed to loiter outside.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-077
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Zeinab Gimatdinova, born in 1923, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-014
Physical Description: 3 pages; 1 cassette, 1/7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Nina Gracheva, born in 1926, lives in Lepeshki in the Moscow Province of Russia. She was married in 1949, had two sons and one daughter. She felt she did not have time for more children. Her mother taught her everything she knew about prenatal and postnatal care. She was later divorced and remarried when her daughter was eleven.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-015
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 tape; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Antonina Grafova, born in 1927, lives in Nazarovno, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences with motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-016
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anis'ia Gureeva, born in 1911, lives in Kirasovo Sputinsk raion, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-017
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Aleksandra Guseva, born in 1907, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-078
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: David Ransel summarizes his recollections of his discussion with Sharifa Ialisheva, born in 1912, about her experiences as a mother. She commented on the traditonal customs of arranged marriage and folk healing. She also talked about abortion, village life, and the changes from traditional to modern methods of child-rearing and child bearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-018
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Isafieva, born around 1900, lived in Fedorovskoe, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-079
Physical Description: 21 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Fina Asrorovna Iurenieva, born in 1941, lives in Leningrad, Russia. She discusses Tatar customs and how these customs changed over time.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-080
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Rkiia Kamaletdinova, born in 1922, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-019
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Kasiakina, born in 1939, lives in Inakovka, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-020
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Kirsanova, born in 1920, lives in Vititni, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-021
Physical Description: 19 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Konobievskaia, born in 1922, lives in Zhukovka, the Moscow Province of Russia. She worked for decades at various jobs to support her family. She had two nannies to watch her children. Konobievskaia experienced several troublesome birthing experiences, in which midwives had to intervene. She had a hard life, but she claimed that she was destined by God to a life of labor. She and her husband worked hard to support theirson and daughter.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-022
Physical Description: 8 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Praskov Korotchenkova, born in 1920, lives in Elizavetino, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-024
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Kosiakova lives in Kosiakova 2, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-023
Physical Description: 1 page; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Nina Koskiakina, born in 1937, lives in Inakovka, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-025
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Aleksandra Krivolapova was born in 1949. She discusses the relationship between traditional child-rearing and childbirthing practices and those of modern medicine.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-026
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Praskov'ia Krivolapova, born in 1912, lives in Inakovka 2, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-090
Physical Description: 16 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Fira Krugman, born in 1915, lives in Leningrad, Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing. Krugman also related stories about Jewish customs and how these differed from other common practices.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-027
Physical Description: 13 pages; 1 cassette 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Language: Ukrainian
Scope and Content Note: Tat'iana Kurkova and Praskov'ia Kurkova were born in 1925 and 1899 respectively. They live in Orlovo in the Moscow Province of Russia. They discuss the practice of traditional Russian child-rearing customs in the area, such as chewing bread and sugar to stop a child crying, swaddling children, and giving birth at home with the help of a midwife. They discuss the use of traditional remedies for ailments, such as boiled milk for a sore throat, and specific herbs for general sickness.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-028
Physical Description: 13 pages; 1 cassette 17/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anastasiia Kuzina, born in 1923, lives in Vvedenskoe, in the Moscow Province of Russia. She discusses traditional childbearing and rearing practices.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-029
Physical Description: 13 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Antonina Larshina, born in 1923, lives in Orlova in the Moscow Province of Russia. She discusses her experiences with childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-030
Physical Description: 15 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Valentina Lopatkina, born in 1931, lives in Tsarevo, in the Moscow Province of Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-032
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Marfa Malikova, born in 1910, lives in Inakovka 1, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-031
Physical Description: 9 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Mariia Malikova, born in 1913, lives in Inakovka, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences with motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-033
Physical Description: 14 pages; 1 tape; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Ol'ga Mal'tseva, born in 1913, lives in Chernaia, Batetskii raion, Novgorad Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-034
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Galina Mamina, born in 1918, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-035
Physical Description: 1 page; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Markova, born in 1918, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-093
Physical Description: 1 page; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russia
Scope and Content Note: Mariia Mikhailovna, born in 1911, lives in Baranovski, Russia. She used a midwife rather than a doctor because she found them to be skillful. She experienced hard labor and lost several children after they were born.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-069
Physical Description: 1 page; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Nina Mikhailovna, born in 1928, lives in Repnino, Leningrad Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother, living in Siberia, working in a mine, and family relationships.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-036
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Mikhalevna, born in 1923, lives in Inakovka 2, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-037
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Natal'ia Mikhaleva, born in 1929, lives in Inakovka 2, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-089
Physical Description: 10 pages; 1 tape; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: David Ransel conducted an interview with a group of women he calls simply "mosque women." The primary interviewee among the mosque women is Khatima Nizamoua, but she is accompanied by several other women ranging in age and experience. These women relate how their traditional Tatar child-rearing customs blended with Western modern medical practices over the course of time.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-081
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Minzifa Mustafina, born in 1933, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother and how her Tatar customs affected her child-rearing practices.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-038
Physical Description: 15 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Elizaveta Nikolaeva, born in 1910, lives in Tsareva, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-039
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Pelageia Nikulina, born in 1910, lives in Bulgakovka Province, Russia. She discusses experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-082
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Khatima Nizamova, born in 1903, lives in tatarskii Kalmaiur Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-040
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Nina Novozhilova, born in 1916, lives in Nazarovno, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences with childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-041
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Iuliia Ortikova, born in 1917, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-042
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Panacheva, born in 1928, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russi. She discusses her role as a wife and a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-043
Physical Description: 6 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna P-va, born in 1914, lives in Vvedenskoe, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother. She discusses the changing relationship between traditional birthing and rearing practices and modern medical practices.
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Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information
No(s): 00-044
Physical Description: 6 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Antonida Popova, born in 1953, lives in Mamskoe Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-083
Physical Description: 10 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Zukhra Pozdnikova, born in 1917, lives in Krasnoe Selo, in the Leningrad Province of Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-045
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Tamara Privalova, born in 1928, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-046
Physical Description: 12 pages; 2 cassettes; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Antonia Ptichnikova and Zoia Vovoshkina both participated in this interview, but the focus is actually on the life of Ptichnikova. She was born in 1937 and lives in Kablukovo, in Moscow Province, Russia. Ptichnikova had only one child because times were hard. She claimed that she swaddled her child to keep its legs straight. She got pregnant again, but had an abortion. Ptichnikova learned a lot from her mother and other women in the area, who gave birth with the aid of a midwife.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-091
Physical Description: 9 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Khana Rabinovich, born in 1906, lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-047
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Reutova, born in 1908, lives in Inakovka 2, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother .
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-084
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Zubarzhat Rezvanova, born in 1917, lives in Tatarskii Kalmaiur, Ul'ianovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-048
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Efrosin'ia Ruleva, born in in 1915, lives in Buda, Ugransk raion, Briansk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-049
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Evdokiia Sevriukova, born in 1911, lives in Suglitsa, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences with motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-050
Physical Description: 7 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Valentina Shapovalova, born in 1933, lives in Korobets, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses the relationship between traditional Russian childbearing and child-rearing practices and more modern practices.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-051
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Pelageia Sharav'eva, born in 1911, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences with motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-052
Physical Description: 16 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anastasiia Shishanova, born in 1905, lives in Tsarevo, Moscow Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-053
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Vasilli Shumkov, born in 1915, lives in Fedorovskoe, in the Moscow Province of Russia. He discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-054
Physical Description: 23 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Zinaida Shumkova, born in 1915, lives in Fedorovskoe, in the Moscow Province of Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-055
Physical Description: 1 page; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Natalia Skovorodina, born in 1902, lives in Cherniakovo, Tarnog raion, Vologda Province, Russia. She discusses motherhood, childbirth, and midwivery.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-056
Physical Description: 5 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Elizaveta Smirnova, born in 1917, lives in Staroe Selo, Moscow Province, Russia. She had three children and feared to have another one because she was not even sure she wanted the third. Abortion was illegal, and her mother and husband were very religious and opposed to it. For that reason, she decided not to have an abortion. During wartime everyone helped each other, especially women with children. Smirnova asserted that she picked up her child-rearing knowledge from life. For sickness, like pneumonia,she would consult a doctor rather than use traditional remedies.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-057
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Mariia Somova, born in 1905, lives in Pokhotnyi Ugol, Bondarsk raion, Tambov Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-058
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Elena Sorokoumova, born in 1915, lives in Nikitino, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences with motherhood.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-059
Physical Description: 6 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anastasiia Spiridonova, born in 1907, lives in Lepeshki in the Moscow Province of Russia. She married in 1928 through a matchmaker. She gave birth to five children--the last being born at home with a village midwife. She made many of the household decisions independently of her husband. She tended to take a more modern approach to childbirth and child-rearing, following the trends of modern medical practices.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-060
Physical Description: 2 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anfisa Sudakova, born in 1923, lives in Baranovski, Vozhegodskii raion, Volgoda Province, Russia. She discusses birthing practices. During her mother's time, women did not often have abortions, but by Anfisa's time it was more common. She used the services of a midwife and continued to nurse for a long time, so she would not get pregnant again for a while. Her second child was born in a hospital.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-085
Physical Description: 21 pages; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Rakhmet and Fakhiza Suleimanov are Russian women from Simbirsk. Fakhiza was born in 1930. Rakhmet and Fakhiza focus on Tatar customs and how these customary Russian childbirthing and child-rearing methods changed over time.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 00-087
Physical Description: 28 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Sof'ia Teleshova, born in 1950, lives in Leningrad, Russia. She discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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No(s): 00-061
Physical Description: 19 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Valentina Tripapina, born in 1902, comes from Laikovo, in the Moscow Province of Russia. The interview focuses on issues of child-rearing and childbirth, as well as how these practices changed over the course of the twentieth century.
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No(s): 00-062
Physical Description: 3 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Elena Tsygankova, born in 1917, lives in Elizavetino, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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No(s): 00-070
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: In this interview, David Ransel asked a group of women about childbirth and child rearing. They discuss how traditional Russian birthing and rearing customs have changed as a result of modern medicine.
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No(s): 00-063
Physical Description: 8 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anastisiia Vakhromeeva, born in 1907, lives in Kablukovo, in the Moscow Province of Russia. A famine drove her family and her out of her childhood home. Despite this tragedy, she married in 1928. She gave birth to a boy and a girl, but the boy died of disease. She left her children with nannies while she was at work. Vakhromeeva claimed that she followed the old tradition of swaddling her babies. Her husband left her to raise the children on her own. She later remarried, but never had any more children. She did choose to have at least one abortion.
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No(s): 00-064
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Varfolomeeva, born in 1928, lives in Nikitino, El'ninsk raion, Smolensk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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No(s): 00-065
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Tat'iana Varfolomeeva, born in 1911, discusses her experiences as a mother. She talked primarily about childbirth, child-rearing, family, and customs.
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No(s): 00-066
Physical Description: 5 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Tat'iana Vorob'eva, born in 1954, lives in Maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her experiences as a mother.
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No(s): 00-092
Physical Description: 14 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russia
Scope and Content Note: Faina Vulakh, born in 1925, lives in Philadelphia, PA. She discusses her role as a mother, her experiences in World War II, abortion, contraception, and her use of Jewish customs in Russia.
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No(s): 00-088
Physical Description: 4 pages; no cassette; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Zakiia Zagidullina, born in 1940, lives in maminskoe, Sverdlovsk Province, Russia. She discusses her role as a mother.
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No(s): 00-067
Physical Description: 5 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: V.I. Zaitsev, born in 1913, lives in Fedorovskoe, Moscow Province, Russia. Zaitsev discusses childbirth and child-rearing.
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No(s): 00-068
Physical Description: 16 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips; no index; transcribed in Russian
Scope and Content Note: Anna Vasil'evna Zueva, born in 1919, lives in Chernaia, Batetskii raion, Novgorad Province, Russia. She discusses her experience as a mother.
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Access Status: Open