Three long-livers of the Kaliningrad region celebrate birthdays

Three residents of the Kaliningrad region celebrate birthdays today. Two of them have crossed the 93-year mark, and the third celebrates 94 years. Behind each - a difficult fate, working years and a great history of the region.

Evangelista Sergeyevna Bazhenova was 94 years old. She was born in the Gorky region, and in 1947, together with her parents, she came among the first immigrants to the Zelenograd district. For many years, the woman worked as a bead collector at the Kaliningrad Amber Combine. She now lives in Amber.

93 years was Nadezhda Ilyinichna Shirokova. She was born in the Smolensk region and moved to the Kaliningrad region in 1951. After graduating from the Ozersky College, she worked as an agronomist and seed farmer in the Pravdinsky District, and was also a party organizer in the state farm. Nadezhda Ilyinichna has two daughters, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Another birthday girl is Valentina Ivanovna Mironova, who also turned 93 years old. During the Great Patriotic War, she was in a fascist concentration camp as a child. Together with other residents, she was sent to forced labor in Latvia. After the Victory, the family returned home, but later moved to Lithuania. In 1954, Valentina Ivanovna moved to the village of Akulovo, Neman district, where she worked in the state farm. She raised two children.

Earlier we wrote that a resident of Gusev celebrated his 93rd birthday.