Zinaida Arkadyevna Itkina

The story is provided by the Presidential Library

USSR. People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR.
Refresher and Advanced Training Courses for Doctors of the Leningrad Military District.
31 October 1942. No. 1738. Leningrad.

Certificate.
This certificate is issued to military personnel Elizabeth Isaakovna Isyomina, confirming that she has completed training on the courses for instructors in therapeutic physical culture, organized by the Medical Department of the Leningrad Front.

During the training period, Comrade Isyomina studied the following disciplines:

Clinical prerequisites and methods of therapeutic physical culture in the sections of surgery, neurology, and therapy.

Fundamentals of therapeutic physical culture methods.

Special methods of therapeutic physical culture for wounds:
a. Musculoskeletal system;
b. Central and peripheral nervous system;
c. Chest;
d. Face and jaws;
e. Therapeutic diseases.

Medical supervision during therapeutic physical culture exercises.

Fundamentals of physiotherapy and massage.

She also completed practical training in hospitals of various profiles.

Comrade Isyomina completed the practical training with a satisfactory grade and passed the exam with a satisfactory grade.

Comrade E.A. Isyomina is awarded the title of Assistant Instructor in Therapeutic Physical Culture.

Homework, 1/II (1st February 1944)

The essay “Lifting the siege of Leningrad"

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You can't put on paper everything that happened in our hearts on this momentous day. [whatever the age, be it an adult or a child - crossed out by the teacher]
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We'd been waiting for it for so long. Finally, this beautiful day arrived on January 27, 1944. Even now, as I write these words, it feels like it's happening this very moment.
On January 27, 1944, we heard the long-awaited voice of the radio announcer. He said that at 7:40 p.m., an important message from Leningrad would be broadcast. The announcer declared that the siege of Leningrad had been completely lifted, and we Leningraders would no longer hear those hateful sounds of artillery attacks. Stalin congratulated all Leningraders and the soldiers of the Leningrad Front. As I listened to those words, it seemed to me that we kids of Leningrad had helped bring victory closer.
They also announced that Leningrad would salute at 8:00 p.m. with 24 volleys from 324 guns.
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This news was even more joyous! I ran to my grandmother, sat her down at the table, grabbed a piece of paper, and drew the city of Leningrad as a dot. Then I drew a circle around it to show the German siege and explained it all to her. Next, I crossed out the circle, leaving just the “city,” and said: “That's it—the blockade is over!”
My grandmother burst into tears, remembering her two sons who had been killed at the front. My own eyes filled with tears as I thought of my father, who, for the sake of us Leningrad children and today's happiness, had died — probably blocking the way to Leningrad with his tank.
Suddenly, a sound of a doorbell ringing interrupted my thoughts. It was my friend Lera Rumyantseva and the girls from the yard, Galya Prokofieva and Zina Bodyulina. We helped Grandma get dressed and went out. Lera and I ran ahead, with Grandma
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following behind. We stopped at the Pioneer Palace. Suddenly, the first volley shook the air, and fireworks of every color lit up the sky.
Leningraders smiled—many wept tears of joy. We children felt such pride in our parents, who had fought so bravely at the front and on the home front. The salute ended, and we went home happy. Thus ended the happiest evening of January 27, 1944.