Vladimira Uborevich

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Vladimira Uborevich
Vladimira Uborevich in 1937
Vladimira Uborevich in 1937
BornVladimira (Mira) Ieronimowna Uborevich
(1924-02-14)February 14, 1924
Chita, USSR
DiedFebruary 21, 2020(2020-02-21) (aged 96)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Occupationmemoirist, architect
SpouseOleg Borovsky
ChildrenBoris Uborevich-Borovsky, Vladimir Uborevich-Borovsky

Vladimira (Mira) Ieronimowna Uborevich (Владимира Иеронимовна Уборевич, 14 February 1924, Chita - 21 February 2020, Moscow) was a Russian architect and author of memoirs, describing her experiences as a child of an enemy of the people.

Life[]

In 1930, her family moved to Moscow. In 1937, her father Ieronim Uborevich, a prominent Soviet military commander, was arrested and executed, together with Mikhail Tukhachevsky , Iona Yakir and August Kork. She was a friend of Mikhail Bulgakov's wife, .[1] The family was exiled to Astrakhan, and after her mother Nina was arrested, Vladimira was moved to an orphanage in Sverdlovsk. She studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute. In 1944 Mira was arrested, convicted and sent to the Vorkutlag camp. She was rehabilitated, and graduated from Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. She worked at Zentromasch.[2] In 1960s at a request of Elena Bulgakova, she wrote a number of letters, remembering her childhood and later experiences.

In January 2013, a multi-part documentary program, about her, by , was shown on Russia-K.[3]

Works[]

  • 14 писем Елене Сергеевне Булгаковой / 14 pisem Elene Sergeevne Bulgakovoĭ Время, Moskva : Vremi︠a︡, 2008.

References[]

  1. ^ Popoff, Alexandra (2012-08-07). The Wives: The Women Behind Russia's Literary Giants. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-4532-4941-3.
  2. ^ "Уборевич Владимира Иеронимовна ::: Воспоминания о ГУЛАГе :: База данных :: Авторы и тексты". web.archive.org. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  3. ^ "Мира. Дочь командарма Уборевича / Фильм 1-й / tvkultura.ru". web.archive.org. 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
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