Miron Dolot Summary

Miron Dolot’s father work his 15 acres of land where he produced enough food to support his family, and he always had extra product to sell in Sunday market. Miron’s father was able to save money to build the house where they were living. His father was very well respected in their village, and he was elected head representative in the village. His father was arrested in 1919, he was accused of being a bourgeois-nationalist, and an enemy of the people and therefore he was considered enemy of the government. His father died when the author Miron Dolot was 3 year old
Miron Dolot had two brothers. His oldest brother, Serhiy, was arrested, and he faced a trial where he was accused of an act of treason for physical assault towards a member of the communist party when he was defending his mother. His brother was sentenced to forced labor, and he was sent to the Baltic Sea-White Sea Channel. Miron’s youngest brother was a child.
The author’s mother worked the farm, and she harvested the crop for years after her husband death. She opposed to join the collective farm, but finally decided to join as a way of get food and to be able to survive. She was creative to secure her food, she hid grain and potatoes in the collective farm land. She knew that no one would search for and find it, this way they …show more content…
The collectivization resulted in the worst famine in Ukraine that caused many deaths. Miron’s interest in higher education pushed him to graduate from the secondary school, and he was accepted into the teachers college. He started working as a secondary school teacher. He served in World War II where he was caught and kept prisoner of war in Germany. After he was free, he lived in West Germany for a period of time until he emigrated to The United States of America. His mother and his brother continued working in the collective