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Liya Liberova
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- 11 photographs (jpg)
- 1 cm of textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1933-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Liya's experience in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included are photographs of Liya with her battalion, the military portraits of her husband, Vladimir Liberova, and portraits of other relatives. Also included are scans of her military identification card, her certificate of injury, credentials for medals that she earned, her discharge certificate, and a document certifying that she was a member of the defense of Leningrad.
- Administrative History
- Liya was born in 1923 in Novozybkov, and later moved to Leningrad. She was drafted in 1942 to serve in the Soviet Union's anti-aircraft battalion. She was in the administration platoon where she was responsible for enforcing (?) blackouts, and searching the ruins for survivors to provide medical assistance. She was demobilized in 1945 and participated in the Victory Parade in Leningrad.
- 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
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions