April 15 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Alekseevna Bednarskaya. But the woman was unable to notice him in time, as she found herself in a hospital bed at that moment. However, representatives of the administration of the Sovetsky district did not forget about the important date, kept the situation under control, and as soon as the woman was at home and her health allowed her to receive many guests, they came to congratulate her along with a specialist. . from the registry office and the chairman of the district council of veterans, Anatoly Stukalov. According to good tradition, they were joined by RIA Voronezh correspondents Maria Alekseevna, the same age as her life’s work, who met us in a good mood and in tolerable health. Grandma, fortunately, gets out of bed on her own, although with difficulty, but she walks and takes care of herself. This allows her to live alone, although, of course, her great-nieces have to come to her every day to check that everything is in order, help with some daily activities and just cheer up her loved one. There is also a nurse who comes for a few hours on weekdays. And yet Maria Alekseevna really lacks communication. It’s just a disaster. Neither the TV nor the remaining reading abilities can help. Indeed, until recent years, when weakness was approaching her centenary, my grandmother led a very active life – she participated in the parish life of her beloved church, and in the summer she did not leave the house, as if she were at home in her native village. turned into – But what can I tell you? There was little good in my childhood,” Maria Alekseevna answers when asked to share the most important thing that she remembers in connection with the beginning of the century. – And now everything seems to be fine. The girls are looking out for me, well done. They come and bring me food. I’m happy with everything. Maria Alekseevna was born into the peasant family of Alexei Ivanovich and Melania Ilyinichna Fedorov in the young village of Volya near Novaya Usman, founded three years before her birth. There was a larger village nearby, so the woman sometimes says that she comes from Orlovo. The family had six children, of whom Maria was the fourth. One of the sisters, Polina, died very young, contracting pneumonia at the age of six. “Well, what did your relatives do?” We went to the collective farm and worked. There we had to ride both horses and bulls. “I also worked on a collective farm for the first years, and then, when I grew up, I got a job in a hospital, in a regional oncology clinic, which was located on Sacco and Vanzetti streets,” says Maria Alekseevna. . “The patients have always loved me.” They said: “Oh, Masha is on duty today!” And I loved them. I always wished them happiness and health. They loved Maria for her sincere care, which was expressed, for example, in the fact that during her shift she also fed the patients something tasty, at least with this she tried to decorate their daily life. a little happier. The work was very difficult. Weak women sometimes had to carry the sick on stretchers. And the treatment was not always successful – I remember the first person who died. There was a man, we buried him in the Pervomaisky Garden, not far from the station,” recalls Maria Alekseevna. The building on the above-mentioned street in the city center was transferred to the needs of an oncology clinic in 1950, and Maria Alekseevna, who. At this time, she worked as a nurse in the radiology department for about four years, participated in eliminating the destruction of the war years and adapting the building to the needs of patients and doctors. The dispensary became her main place of work, to which she devoted almost 38 years of her working life. It is worth noting that the oncological service of the Voronezh region also turns one hundred years old this year. We can say that Maria Alekseevna and her life’s work are the same age.” My grandmother celebrated her birthday in our hospital, and the dispensary staff came to congratulate her – deputy chief physician Oleg Anatolyevich Selyutin and Larisa Konstantinovna Shipilova. There was a hot article about my grandmother on the website of the medical organization,” says the niece of the hero of the day, Elena. My brother died on Malaya Zemlya. With the people of this heroic generation we talk about war. Fortunately, we still have this opportunity. But Maria Alekseevna does not want to continue the conversation on this topic. He refers to the fact that over the years there are no memories left: “They started bombing and shooting.” We were evacuated – who went to which villages,” says the grandmother. However, in her case, evacuated is probably a strong word. More correctly, he moved. I was sent to the neighboring village of Krasino, literally across the river, on the other bank of the Usmanka. There she joined a neighboring collective farm and began working for the head of the family, Alexei Ivanovich, at the front, where he was wounded in the arm. But he quickly recovered and then went through the entire war. Neither Maria Alekseevna nor her granddaughter Elena remember this for sure now, but it seems he reached Berlin. Returned home safely. True, already in the post-war period, both legs were amputated due to illness; Maria’s older brother Ivan Fedorov died near Novorossiysk. Elena’s mother found his initials on a monument on Malaya Zemlya. There is no reliable information, but since the latest news about the guy came from those parts, relatives suggested that he could well be among the defenders of the famous Silver Volunteer Bridge. Maria Alekseevna also owes her family happiness to her work, no matter how immediate. It was at the pharmacy that she met her future husband, Jozef Ivanovich Bednarski. He got a job as a polisher at a cancer hospital. The man died about 30 years ago, so Elena remembers little about him. But Maria Alekseevna’s memory does not retain all the details “I won’t tell you.” He must have been at war,” she says of her late husband. – We lived well. Didn’t fight, didn’t drink too much. But he drank and drank. He called me Kumanek. “Kumanek, give me something…” The wedding was late, so the couple did not have their own children. Today, the family even jokes about the secret of Masha’s grandmother’s longevity – she got married late, her husband died early, there are no children. Maria Alekseevna had a close friend and colleague Anna. She and I worked side by side in a pharmacy for many years and rented apartments together. One day, the hostess convinced the then young women that wandering around the corners for the rest of their lives was not a good idea. They listened, decided to join the cooperative and received apartments in a house on Kosmonavtov Street, which was built for employees of a medical organization. They became neighbors and even closer friends. And when they retreated, the entire entrance was supported by them. Everything was kept clean and orderly. There was never a dull moment, there was always something to do. When they had free time, the women joined an initiative group to restore the ancient Elias Church, which is located not far from the main building of Voronezh State University. They did a lot to put the monastery in order. Sometimes they were so tired that they spent the night in the church, because it was not so close to home. And every weekend we cooked and took the train out of town to one of the boarding houses for people with mental disorders. We can say that we were “silver volunteers” when this beautiful definition had not yet been invented. “Now I sometimes visit a temple near my house. But very rarely. I left, I can’t walk anymore,” Maria Alekseevna says with sadness in her voice. The opportunity to attend church services more often and participate in parish life would be a real joy for her. But the years have taken their toll. Today – grandmother Masha had a sister Evdokia, I am her granddaughter. and Grandma Masha is always with us, all her life. Grandmother Dusya died in October 2022 at the age of 95. She could tell you more, I looked after her for three years and I consider this my big omission. look after her. Although there is still something left in the other phone,” says Elena, adding that the sisters were very attached to each other and recently lived together in an apartment, first with one, then with the other. Look. what an amazing bachelorette party we had (photos shown were taken several years ago. – Note from RIA Voronezh). There was always a cherry on the cognac, sometimes with grandmothers; Elena is still convinced that when young people talk about old people that they don’t like to eat well, that they are not interested in anything, that they don’t enjoy life, this is nonsense. We often simply don’t know our relatives well enough and don’t give them the attention they deserve. It is clear how attached Maria Alekseevna is to her great-niece. When a young woman comes to visit her grandmother, a different life begins for her: “You see, I always have a speaker with me.” We listen to good, Orthodox songs,” says Elena. – And on May 9, I turn on music on the stairs when I go up. The neighbors already know that Elena recalls a touching story about how several years ago on Victory Day she took her grandmother Masha from home and put her in the car to show her the festive city and entertain her a little. On the way we stopped at a gas station. The young official, having learned that there was an eyewitness to the events of the war years in the car, came out to say hello and gave her chocolate. The problem of free time today is most acute for Maria Alekseevna. And if suddenly there are people who are ready to help the grandmother, involve her in some kind of activity that corresponds to her physical capabilities, and whom her loved ones can trust (this is also important, because there have already been cases when a pensioner met scammers), this will be a great joy for for her and for her family. Did you notice the error? Select it with the mouse and press Ctrl+Enter.
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