Remembered by people who were there · 1949
Tiina remembers being taken to Kavastu manor on deportation day, 1949
Tiina, born in 1939, tells about the period before the March deportation of 1949, when her family's farm had been declared a kulak household and her father did all he could to pay the crushing taxes, which still did not save the family. On the deportation day her mother hid, and Tiina and the rest of the family were taken to Kavastu manor. From there the road led to Vengerovo district in Novosibirsk oblast, where her mother later joined them. Tiina says they would not have survived in exile without the parcels relatives sent them from Estonia.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tiina (sünd 1939) jutustab märtsiküüditamisele eelnenud ajast, kui tema pere talu oli kuulutatud kulaklikuks majapidamiseks ja isa üritas kõigest väest maksta kõrgeid makse, mis aga ei päästnud peret väljasaatmisest. Küüditamispäeval jäi ema peitu ning Tiina ja ülejäänud pere viidi Kavastu mõisa. Sealt kulges tee Novosibirski oblasti Vengerovo rajooni, kuhu hiljem jõudis ka ema. Tiina sõnul poleks nad eriasumisel ellu jäänud, kui sugulased poleks neile Eestist abipakke saatnud.
Source: Eesti Mälu Instituut, Kogu Me Lugu (YouTube), video Xa6EKFgEuDM ↗