Raisa Rusakovskaia

born 1925 in Chornobyl ("Chornobyl'" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in Kyiv, 2005

3 recordings · 133 minutes · 55 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Rusakovskaia, whichever tapes carry it; ▶ opens it with its own player, which runs through its parts in sequence. The tape links play from that point on the tape's page.

• 2005-06-22
  ▶ Kyiv · 2.3 h

  MDV 510 · MDV 511 · MDV 512 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

98 questions put to Rusakovskaia. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 510 2:16
  meaning of dibek — what 'a dibek' means
• MDV 510 2:29
  meaning of goylem — what 'a goylem' means
• MDV 511 0:00
  hello (здравствуйте) — greeting when meeting someone
• MDV 511 0:03
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you'
• MDV 511 0:11
  thank you (спасибо) — another word for 'thank you' / for Russian спасибо
• MDV 511 0:26
  mouse (мышь) — how to say 'mouse' (diminutive forms)
• MDV 511 0:36
  small mouse — a small mouse
• MDV 511 0:41
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — 'please' or polite request formula; sentence 'Give me please this book'
• MDV 511 0:53
  I have no luck (у меня нет счастья) — how to say 'I have no luck'
• MDV 511 0:59
  belly (живот) — how to say Russian живот (belly)
• MDV 511 1:08
  house (дом) — how to say Russian дом (house)
• MDV 511 1:44
  groats (крупа) — how to say Russian крупа (groats)
• MDV 511 1:49
  kasha (каша) — how to say каша (kasha)
• MDV 511 2:19
  window (окно) — how to say Russian окно (window)
• MDV 511 3:36
  pigeon (голубь) — how to say Russian голубь (dove/pigeon)
• MDV 511 4:07
  pigeon (голубь) — how to say Russian голубь (dove)
• MDV 511 4:16
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — someone who does not hear (deaf)
• MDV 511 4:21
  gray-haired (седой) — how to say Russian седой (gray-haired)
• MDV 511 4:35
  builds (строит) — how to say Russian строит (builds) / straw
• MDV 511 5:19
  sour (кислый) — how to say Russian кислый (sour)
• MDV 511 5:30
  sweet and sour (кислосладкий) — sour-sweet
• MDV 511 6:25
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — how to say Russian глухой (deaf)
• MDV 511 6:29
  kiss (поцелуй) — how to say Russian поцелуй (kiss)
• MDV 511 7:32
  what did you say (что ты сказал) — how to say Russian что ты сказал (what did you say)
• MDV 511 7:39
  late (поздно) — how to say Russian поздно (late)
• MDV 511 7:57
  later (позже) — how to say Russian позже (later)
• MDV 511 8:04
  earlier (раньше) — how to say Russian раньше (earlier)
• MDV 511 8:17
  cold (холодно) — how to say Russian холодно (cold)
• MDV 511 8:20
  colder (холоднее) — how to say Russian холоднее (colder)
• MDV 511 8:26
  high (высоко) — how to say Russian высоко (high)
• MDV 511 8:30
  higher (выше) — how to say Russian выше (higher)
• MDV 511 8:34
  fast/soon (быстро или скоро) — how to say Russian быстро or скоро (fast, soon)
• MDV 511 8:48
  faster (быстрее) — how to say Russian быстрее (faster)
• MDV 511 8:58
  near (близко) — how to say Russian близко (near)
• MDV 511 9:02
  nearer (ближе) — how to say Russian ближе (nearer)
• MDV 511 9:13
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — how to say 'he will also come'
• MDV 511 9:35
  he knows everything (Все он знает) — how to say 'he knows everything'
• MDV 511 10:07
  she knows everything (она знает всё) — how to say 'she knows everything'
• MDV 511 10:14
  where does he live (где он живет? (where does he live?)) — how to say 'where does he live'
• MDV 511 10:21
  how did you say (как ты сказал?) — how to say 'how did you say'
• MDV 511 11:05
  he is very sick (он очень болен) — what does קראנק mean
• MDV 511 12:28
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — how to say 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 511 12:33
  I like him (он мне нравится) — how to say 'I like him'
• MDV 511 12:38
  I don't like him (он мне не нравится) — how to say 'I don't like him'
• MDV 511 12:44
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — how to say 'I like him very much'
• MDV 511 12:50
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — едва ходит (barely walks)
• MDV 511 13:12
  to run/flee (бежать) — how to say Russian бежать (to run)
• MDV 511 13:21
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — how to say 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 511 13:46
  honest (честный) — how to say Russian честный (honest)
• MDV 511 15:09
  cross (крест) — how to say Russian крест (cross)
• MDV 511 15:28
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — how to say Russian перекреститься (to cross oneself)
• MDV 511 16:24
  Christian (христианин) — how to say Russian христианин (Christian)
• MDV 511 16:32
  peasant (крестьянин) — how to say Russian крестьянин (peasant)
• MDV 511 17:27
  to do (делать) — how to say Russian делать (to do)
• MDV 511 17:33
  what to do (что делать) — how to say Russian что делать (what to do)
• MDV 511 17:54
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say Russian голова болит (head hurts)
• MDV 511 17:59
  my head hurts (голова болит) — how to say 'my head hurts'
• MDV 511 18:13
  from where (откуда) — how to say Russian откуда (from where)
• MDV 511 18:35
  from there (оттуда) — how to say Russian оттуда (from there)
• MDV 511 18:40
  from there (оттуда) — another form for 'from there'
• MDV 511 18:46
  bed (кровать) — how to say Russian кровать (bed)
• MDV 511 18:55
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — how to say 'I ask you'
• MDV 511 19:02
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — how to say Russian клумба (flowerbed)
• MDV 511 19:45
  small tree (маленькое дерево) — how to say 'a small tree'
• MDV 511 20:07
  vodka (водка) — how to say Russian водка (vodka)
• MDV 511 20:25
  thousand (тысяча) — how to say Russian тысяча (thousand)
• MDV 511 20:33
  in three days they will come (через три дня они приедут) — how to say 'in three days they will come'
• MDV 511 21:09
  twenty (двадцать) — how to say Russian двадцать (twenty)
• MDV 511 22:14
  don't cry (не плачь) — how to say 'don't cry'
• MDV 511 22:22
  to pray (молиться) — how to say Russian молиться (to pray)
• MDV 511 22:28
  grandmother (бабушка) — how to say Russian бабушка (grandmother)
• MDV 511 22:36
  what babe means — what does באבע mean
• MDV 511 22:58
  midwife (акушерка) — how to say Russian повивальная бабка (midwife)
• MDV 511 23:27
  taste (вкус) — how to say Russian вкус (taste)
• MDV 511 23:32
  very tasty (очень вкусно) — how to say 'very tasty'
• MDV 511 23:38
  talking with mother (разговаривает с мамой) — how to say 'I talk with mother'
• MDV 511 25:26
  street/road (улица, дорога) — how to say Russian улица (street), дорога (road)
• MDV 511 26:20
  well (колодец) — how to say Russian колодец (well)
• MDV 511 26:49
  potato (картошка) — how to say Russian картошка, картофель (potatoes)
• MDV 511 27:10
  flowers (цветы) — how to say Russian цветы (flowers)
• MDV 511 27:54
  store (магазин) — how to say Russian магазин (store)
• MDV 511 28:56
  I need him very much (он мне очень нужен) — how to say 'I need him very much'
• MDV 511 31:02
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцев, разбили врага) — how to say 'defeated the Germans', 'defeated the enemy'
• MDV 511 31:28
  all people (все люди) — how to say 'all people', 'I know everyone here'
• MDV 511 32:57
  today three people came (сегодня пришло три человека) — how to say 'today three people came'
• MDV 511 35:03
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — how to say 'I sat at the table', 'only Jews live on this street'
• MDV 511 36:40
  attic (чердак) — how to say Russian чердак (attic)
• MDV 511 36:44
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — how to say 'I don't know', 'does he know or not'
• MDV 511 37:17
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — how to say 'will you come or not'
• MDV 511 39:35
  paradise (рай) — how to say Russian рай (paradise)
• MDV 511 41:58
  man/woman (мужчина, женщина) — how to say 'man', 'woman'
• MDV 511 42:42
  he probably knows Yiddish (он, наверное, знает идиш) — how to say 'he probably knows Yiddish'
• MDV 511 43:40
  ceiling (потолок) — how to say Russian потолок (ceiling)
• MDV 511 43:45
  fence (забор) — how to say Russian забор (fence)
• MDV 512 0:03
  much/many (много) — the word for 'много' (many/much)
• MDV 512 3:05
  suddenly (вдруг) — which form for 'suddenly': פלוצעם, פלוצלינג, or פלוצלעך
• MDV 512 3:48
  enemy (враг) — the word for 'враг' (enemy)
• MDV 512 3:55
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — the plural of 'שונא'