Unique Exhibits of ALZHIR

Maria Lvovna Danilenko was born in 1909 in Kyiv and was an agronomist by profession. Her husband, Ivan Danilovich Danilenko, had served before his arrest as head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Kharkiv city committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Maria Lvovna was sentenced by the Special Council of the NKVD on March 26, 1938, to 8 years. In the camp, she worked in her profession. After her release in 1946, she went to Kyiv, but she had no home or property there, and all her relatives turned away. In despair, she wrote a letter to her best friend, with whom she had served her sentence in the camp. The friend invited her to Kazakhstan, to Alma-Ata, where Maria Lvovna continued to work in her profession. The museum's collection holds Maria Lvovna's personal belongings: a linen summer dress with a belt, a white beret, and a gray demi-season coat.

Evgenia Davydovna Naidis was born in 1914 in the city of Zhytomyr. She was arrested on March 9, 1938, on charges of crimes under Articles 17, 58-8, and 58-12 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. On April 9, 1938, the Special Council of the NKVD of the USSR sentenced her to 8 years in corrective labor camps. On November 29, 1939, the criminal case against Evgenia Naidis was dropped. During a research expedition, museum staff met with Evgenia Davydovna and recorded an interview. She donated her rehabilitation documents and personal belongings to the museum's collection. The museum's collection includes a coffee grinder, a white porcelain tea set, a carafe, and a lace doily that belonged to Evgenia Naidis.

Fatima Kadyrovna Diveeva was born in 1896 in the city of Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR. Her husband, Shakir Galeevich Diveev, held senior positions in the Kazakh SSR at various times. He was arrested on June 25, 1937, sentenced to death in February 1938, and rehabilitated in July 1958. On June 10, 1938, Fatima Kadyrovna was sentenced by the Special Council of the NKVD of the USSR as a CSIR (family member of a traitor of the motherland) to 8 years in a corrective labor camp. She arrived at the Akmola camp division on July 24, 1938, from a prison in Alma-Ata. She was released on April 12, 1946, and died in Almaty in 1977. In 2007, Saule Kulakhmetovna Khodzhikova, the granddaughter of Kongyr-Khodzha Khodzhikov, donated a milk can to the museum's collection. It is on display in the ALZHIR hall.

Shafiga Rakhimzhanovna Nuralina was born in 1914 in the village of Bayan, Pavlodar Region. On June 10, 1938, the Special Council of the NKVD of the USSR sentenced her as a CSIR (family member of a traitor of the motherland) to 8 years. She arrived at the Akmola division of Karlag on August 9, 1938, and remained there until March 18, 1946. After her release she had no right to return home, as her passport bore the stamp "minus 23." This meant a ban on entering 23 cities of the country, including Pavlodar. Shafiga Rakhimzhanovna was able to leave ALZHIR only in 1946 and moved to Akmolinsk. She died in 2008. The ALZHIR hall displays Shafiga Nuralina's personal belongings: a wooden spoon painted by Shafiga Rakhimzhanovna, a saucer, and a wristwatch engraved with her name and a commemorative inscription.

Revekka Khaimovna Zhurbina was born in 1899 in the Gremyach area of Chernigov Governorate and lived in Odessa. On March 26, 1938, she was sentenced by the Special Council of the NKVD of the USSR as a CSIR (family member of a traitor of the motherland) to 8 years in a corrective labor camp. She arrived at Karlag from Odessa on July 26, 1938. In June 2013, the museum's research staff visited St. Petersburg and met with Alexei Alexandrovich Zhurbin, the grandson of Revekka Khaimovna Zhurbina. Alexei Alexandrovich donated to the museum's collection the original materials of Revekka Khaimovna and Abraham Alekseevich: a certificate of honor, family photographs, poems, a death certificate, a certificate of withdrawal of charges, a work record book, a pension certificate, and rehabilitation certificates.

Lidia Mikhailovna Frenkel was born in 1909 in the city of Lugansk, Donetsk Region. Her husband, Alexander Mikhailovich Frenkel, was the technical director of the Dnepropetrovsk Aluminum Plant. He was arrested in October 1937 and sentenced to death on March 5, 1938. Lidia Mikhailovna, a silent film actress, spent 5 years in the camp. Her longing for the past and for a life broken forever is captured in scenes of the Russian film "Moscow Saga," produced by her granddaughter Daria Violina. The museum's exhibition includes a bottle of "Blue Casket" perfume. In memory of her grandmother, Daria Violina made the films "We Will Live," "Moscow Saga," and "Heavy Sand," and donated them to the collection of the ALZHIR Museum.

Magripa Murzagulovna Kazbekova was born in 1903 in the Orenburg Region. In 1929, she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Central Asian State University in Tashkent. In 1937, her husband, Ismagul Kazbekov, was arrested, and she was sent to ALZHIR and then to Dolinka. From February 25, 1938, to March 2, 1943, Magripa Murzagulovna served her sentence in the ALZHIR and Dolinka camps. From 1943 to 1946, she was exiled to a free settlement at Camp Point 37 in the city of Balkhash. In 1956, Magripa Murzagulovna was rehabilitated. She worked as a doctor for the rest of her life. The ALZHIR hall displays the "Medics' Emblem" presented to Magripa Kazbekova by the Balkhash Mining and Metallurgical Plant on December 10, 1974.