He recalled in a memoir that "In that terrible year nearly half the population of my native village, Privolnoye, starved to death, including two sisters and one brother of my father."
他后来回忆时说：“在那个时候，我家乡的普利里沃利诺耶村有接近一半的人饿死，包括我父亲的两个姐姐和一个哥哥。