my grandfather's life

My paternal grandfather was born into the family of a photographer (proofreader) in the city of Perm. The family is huge in our times, but in those days the usual 9 children (6 brothers and 3 sisters). His youth passed under the roar of the 2017 Revolution and during the years of the Civil War. Until this time, 4 brothers (including grandfather), two sisters and a great-grandmother (grandfather’s mother) survived. After that, my grandfather and his mother moved to the city of Sverdlovsk, where he graduated from school, entered a construction college and began his working career. The Patriotic War of 1941 began, which my grandfather spent in the Far East in the fight against the Japanese. My father was born there in 1945. After the war, my grandfather’s family moved to Essentuki, where my grandfather worked in a geological exploration party. There he remains for many years until his retirement. After which the family moves to the city of Sverdlovsk, where he continues to work until the end of his life.