A resident of Ezerischa was congratulated on her 105th birthday and International Women's Day

March 8, Gorodok district. Natalya Korenchukova, a resident of the urban village of Ezerishche, Gorodok district, was congratulated on her 105th birthday on the spring women's holiday , BELTA correspondent reports. The hero of the day told how she got through the war, what her hobbies were and how, in her old age, she mastered online communication with her granddaughter from Moscow.

On this significant day for the hero of the day, representatives of local authorities came to congratulate her , including the chairman of the Gorodok district executive committee, Irina Polyakova. Flowers, cake with candles that add up to the number "105", warm hugs, sincereCongratulations and wishes to meet the next round date. Natalya Korenchukova bursts into a smile, tears well up in her eyes, and she cannot contain her emotions from such close attention.
“Oh my children, thank you, I didn’t expect this, so many gifts, so many flowers, let’s go have tea!” - the hero of the occasion cordially invites the guests to the set table .
Next to her grandmother, her granddaughter, named after her, Natalya Goncharova, is fussing. She goes to Ezerishche once every two weeks, but communicates with her grandmother on Skype every day.
“Who taught me how to use a computer? I mastered it myself. So I call Natasha, I call. But she doesn’t answer,” the lady, no longer of golden age, but of diamond age, jokingly demonstrates her computer literacy skills, showing how she makes a Skype call to her granddaughter, who stands behind her back. Natalya Korenchukova was born in 1919 in the Ezerishchensky district, which later transformed into Gorodoksky. She was the eldest in the family, and when her mother died, she became everyone’s support and help. She dreamed of becoming a teacher, she even entered college, but after two years of study she had to drop out in order to help the younger ones. The girl went to a one-year course to become a land surveyor, where they paid a decent stipend - 120 rubles, and provided a hostel. This way she could help her family and learn a good profession.
When World War II began, she already had one daughter in her arms, and then a second was born. The husband fought with the enemy, and there were Germans in the occupied area. When the news came that all the locals were going to be driven away to Germany, Natalya and her daughters went into the forest. There she lived for several years in a dugout. There was nothing to eat then. At night, Natalya went to the fields, dug up carrots, beets, grain, and brought everything she dug to the girls.
She does not even undertake to retell all the horrors of the war. The most terrible test for her was the death of her family. Natalya fell ill with typhus, and then her babies became infected. The funeral came for my husband. However, circumstances did not allow her to grieve: the relatives of her deceased husband, two girls, were left orphans. Natalya Korenchukova took them in, raised them like her own, gave them a way into life and is very proud of what good people they have become.
She still experiences the loss of her loved ones, but life took its toll, and the active young woman got married a second time. In her new marriage, her daughter Valentina was born, then grandchildren Natalya and Boris were born, who also has two children.
Natalya Korenchukova, although she complains of weak legs, still potters around in the garden during the warm season. She has a “plantation” of strawberries, which the woman distributes to family and friends. Natalya is in fairly good health , the hero of the day is engaged in knitting and sewing, and does not use glasses, and provides all her acquaintances with warm knitted slippers. And she's been drinking all her lifeHowever, I recently switched to weak coffee and with milk. A woman considers the main secret of longevity to be work for the benefit of others.

Photo by Alexander Khitrov