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Mariya Iosifovna Molotova-Luchanskaya, Karaganda

  Mariya Iosifovna Molotova-Luchanskaya is a client of Hesed Miriam; her native language is Yiddish. And it helped her a lot to choose a profession. She was born in a family where parents and children spoke Yiddish. Mariya Iosifovna was born in Priluki Village of Kremenchug Oblast.

  In 1936 her parents were arrested and she went to a children's home. Mariya wanted to become an actress but her dream was not fulfilled. She traveled all over the Soviet Union and in 1952 she and her mother moved to Balkhash City.

  Mariya started working as a teacher of German at school (German and Yiddish are very similar) and as a film director. And she worked in Balkhash TV studio for a long time and made programs about interesting people.

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