![]() ![]() She is kind, and takes good care of them, but Alice manages to find a way to get back to Canada. They make their way into Russian, and end up at the farm of Anna, who is elderly and needs help. The two meet up with Roman, who has taken to stealing in order to survive, and gain enough strength to move on. He manages to get forged identification papers, and they plan a sight seeing trip as cover, but when her father is arrested and Slavkov decides he wants to stay at the tractor factory, she and Nyl try to escape on their own. Nyl meets Alice again and hopes that she and her father, who has become disillusioned with Stalin, can get him out of the country. Nyl has an address for Roman, who father and mother were killed earlier, and decides to set out for the city to find him. Food becomes so scarce that Nyl and his mother try to dig up grain from the kolkhoz field, but they are discovered and the mother is shot and killed. Conditions worsen, food is scarce, and the father dies after Yulia decides that she is going to join the kolkhoz, having informed on her family. In the end, only Nyl's aunt and cousin are sent to try to make it to Poland. Their father has been beaten, and can barely walk, and knows it is time to try to leave Ukraine. When the boys find out that the tractor factory is not going to be providing tractors for the upcoming season, they know how devastating this will be, and return home. Even Slavko, at nine, works all day making bricks. Even the family's food is taken away, forcing Nyl and Slavko to travel to the new tractor factory to work there. Eventually, Nyl's family has all of their seed and equipment taken away, but are still expected to meet a quota for growing grain. The farmers who have joined the kolkhoz work long hours, but are hopeful that the government will pay them well, but that does not happen. Nyl is lucky that he is able to gets some of his family's animals out of the uncle's barn. The aunt is removed from the house, and all of her property is taken by Chort, who moves his family in. Unfortunately, this treatment comes close to home when Nyl's uncle argues with Comrade Chort, who shoots him dead, leaving behind his wife and baby daughter. ![]() Those who don't cooperate are deemed "kulaks" and face harsh treatment. The government is trying to force all farmers to join a collective, the kolkhoz, and are taking livestock, equipment, and other property to start this farm. When the government sends around Canadian George White and his daughter Alice to take an inventory of their farm, the family, which includes Nyl's younger siblings Slavko and Yulia, knows this will not end well. You are contributing to debate and discussion, and helping to make this website a more open place.Nyl's family runs a farm in 1930s Ukraine near the village of Felivka, and life is becoming more and more difficult now that Stalin has come to power. Thank you for following these guidelines and contributing your thoughts. We will not publish comments that link to outside websites.If you're using an alias, make sure it's unique.We will not publish: Comments written that are poorly spelled or are written in caps or which use strange formatting to get noticed.We screen for comments that seek to spread information that is false or misleading. ![]() We will not publish comments that are profane, libelous, racist, or engage in personal attacks.Preference is given to commenters who use real names. ![]() Please be advised:Ĭomments are moderated and will not appear on site until they have been reviewed.Ĭomments are not open on some news articles Bell Media reserves the right to choose commenting availability. Bell Media reviews every comment submitted, and reserves the right to approve comments and edit for brevity and clarity. ![]()
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