Elza Badaeva, About Dzhakuevka
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Elza talks about the village of Dzhakuevka where she grew up: In Dzhakuevka, my native village, life was simple. People either looked after livestock or caught fish. We did fishing. Sometimes I had to go into the cold water, deep up to the waist. At that time the men had left for the front, and we, the children, the young and elderly, did fishing. From our family, three brothers returned from the war wounded. I have survived them all. In our village lived Keryad and Tsatan people. In general, we were always divided into aimags, including Uuchjan aimak, Tyumnyakin aimak, etc. My parents, for example, were from Tyumnyakin aimag. My father was from Tyumnyakin, but of Keryad clan. We, small children, did not listen to who was from which clan. When I was 17 the war started and we had other things to worry about.