- Accession Number
- 2010-11-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-21
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff)
- 5 cm of texual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1943-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Yakov's experience in the Red Army during the Second World War. Included is a photograph of Yakov in uniform with his family, Yakov's graduation portrait from pharmacy school (1951), and a photograph of Yakov's father (Gregory) in his military uniform, which he sent home from his military base in Lithuania (1944). Also included are various credential cards for medals Yakov received and a letter that was sent to Yakov from Toronto's Russian consulate.
- Administrative History
- When the Seond World War began, Yakov lived in Odessa and assisted the Soviet Union's war effort by digging trenches. His army unit was mobilized in 1943, just after he graduated from military college. After serving for three months, he was wounded in an attack. He recovered from his wounds and went on to fight in northern Donetsk and Dneper. His unit also passed the Kharkov and Poltavskaya regions. After his unit forced the crossing of Dneper, the Khrushchev got involved and transported the army to Kiev, where they were supported by the 209 Armoured Brigade. Here, Yakov's unit sometimes experienced up to twenty bombing and shooting attacks per day. During these attacks, Yakov was wounded twice in his legs. First, a bullet hit his leg and then a mine exploded. He still has shrapnel in his legs from this explosion.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Russian
- Location of originals: The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the archives for copying and returned to the donor the same day as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-5
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (jpg and tiff) : col. and sepia
- 2 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1942, 2005-2010
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of digital copies of two photographs and two documents related to the military career of Russian war vet, Shlomo Mushkat. The photographs are two portaits of Mushkat in military dress and the documents are a letter detailing his participation in the war as well as a letter from the Ukrainian Embassy on the 65th anniversary of the end of the war.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Vet oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Shlomo Zalmanovich Mushkat was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1940, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and a year later he was sent to the front. He was wounded in battle in 1941, but after recuperating in hospital was again sent back to the front. He participated in the battles of Smolensk and Leningrad. He received many medals for liberating Russian territories and cities, inlcuidng the Order of Glory.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-6
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (electronic) : b&w and col. ; 28 MB
- 3 textual records (electronic) ; 13 MB
- Date
- 1945-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of electronic copies of photographs and textual records related to the Vesyoly's service with the Soviet army during the Second World War. There are also photocopies of a newspaper article and other documents detailing their military service attached to the accesssion form.
- Administrative History
- Yeugeny was born in Gomel Region, Belarus. He moved to Canada in 1981 with his wife, Sima. At the start of the Second World War, Sima was working in a hospital in Belarus as a civilian. She was drafted in 1943 at the age of nineteen and went to the Third Belarusian Front and served in Berlin and both North and South Korea as a nurse to Japanese prisoners.
- Yuegeny was eighteen years of age at the start of the war and served in the air force in the Normandy Regiment and at the Ukrainian Front. He worked as a mechanic on the planes returning from battle. After the end of the war, Stalin sold the Soviet planes to the Chinese and Yeugeny tought their pilots how to operate them. He served for twenty-five years in the Soviet military.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (electronic) : b&w and col. ; 90 MB
- Date
- 1950-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of eight electronic copies of original photographs of Avgust Vikhnina. The photos relate to his career in the Soviet military during the Second World War. The photographs consist of one portrait of Avgust in military dress, several snapshots taken at a Moscow parade in commemoration of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war, as well as snapshots taken at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa.
- Custodial History
- Photographs were loaned for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history project. Originals were returned to donor.
- Administrative History
- Avgust Vikhnina was born in Kharkov, in 1926. He was 15 when the war began and was drafted in 1943. Vikhnina served in the Artillery and fought in the Ukraine, Pribaltika and Prussia. He was decorated with the Order of Patriotic War First Class, the Medal for Valour, and the Medal for Combat Merits.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-6-7
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs (jpg) : col.
- Date
- [Taken in 2017]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of forty-nine photographs taken at the 2017 Pride Parade in Toronto. Rafi Yablonsky, the donor of the photographs, is visible in many of the pictures.
- Administrative History
- As of June 2019, Rafi Yablonsky was campaign director at the Jewish National Fund of Canada.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Gay Pride Day
- Jewish sexual minorities
- Parades
- Name Access
- Yablonsky, Rafi
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
