Vladimira Uborevich
Vladimira Uborevich | |
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Born | Vladimira (Mira) Ieronimowna Uborevich February 14, 1924 Chita, USSR |
Died | February 21, 2020 Moscow, Russian Federation | (aged 96)
Occupation | memoirist, architect |
Spouse | Oleg Borovsky |
Children | Boris Uborevich-Borovsky, Vladimir Uborevich-Borovsky |
Vladimira (Mira) Ieronimowna Uborevich (Владимира Иеронимовна Уборевич, 14 February 1924, Chita - 21 February 2020, Moscow) was a Russian architect and author of memoirs, describing her experiences as a child of an enemy of the people.
Biography
[edit]In 1930, her family moved to Moscow. In 1937, her father Ieronim Uborevich, a prominent Soviet military commander, was arrested and executed, together with Mikhail Tukhachevsky , Iona Yakir and August Kork. She was a friend of Mikhail Bulgakov's wife, Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova.[1]
The family was exiled to Astrakhan. Vladimira grew up in an orphanage in Sverdlovsk, but started to live with her mother's friend, Elena Bulgakova, after her mother was shot for being the wife of an enemy of the people in 1941.[1] She studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute.
In 1944 Mira was arrested at 18 for being the daughter of an enemy of the people and convicted five years to the Vorkutlag camp.[1] She was rehabilitated, and graduated from Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. She worked at Zentromasch.[2]
In 1960s, following the advice of Elena Bulgakova, she wrote a number of letters, remembering her childhood and later experiences.[1]
In January 2013, a multi-part documentary program about her by Vladimir Meletin was shown on Russia-K.[3]
Works
[edit]- 14 писем Елене Сергеевне Булгаковой / 14 pisem Elene Sergeevne Bulgakovoĭ Время, Moskva : Vremi︠a︡, 2008.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Popoff, Alexandra (2012-08-07). The Wives: The Women Behind Russia's Literary Giants. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4532-4941-3.
- ^ "Уборевич Владимира Иеронимовна ::: Воспоминания о ГУЛАГе :: База данных :: Авторы и тексты". 2019-09-23. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
- ^ "Мира. Дочь командарма Уборевича / Фильм 1-й / tvkultura.ru". 2020-03-27. Archived from the original on 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-12-18.