Bosya Ochirova, autobiography

Bosya was born in a collective farm called Shar Luuzan in Astrakhan oblast’. Both her parents worked on the collective farm, her mother as a milkmaid, and her father as a shepherd. When Bairta was seven, her family was sent into exile to Khanty-Mansiisk okrug in Siberia where she spent her childhood...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Churyumova, Elvira
Other Authors: Terbish, Baasanjav
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:Kalmyk
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.17837
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270892
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Summary:Bosya was born in a collective farm called Shar Luuzan in Astrakhan oblast’. Both her parents worked on the collective farm, her mother as a milkmaid, and her father as a shepherd. When Bairta was seven, her family was sent into exile to Khanty-Mansiisk okrug in Siberia where she spent her childhood and adolescence. After returning to Kalmykia, Bairta got married and gave birth to six children. She has 13 grandchildren and six grand-grandchildren. Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.