Insert: address to a sister. Leaf edges cut. Family archive.
Continuation of the insert; right edge cut. Family archive.
Details
| What it is | An inserted / separate leaf in the notebook, not the main diary spread |
| To | “My dear and native little sister” (reading from the leaf) |
| From | by content — a sister addressing a sister; signature/name on the cut edge need verification |
| Link | Narrative on sister Genya |
| Condition | edges cut, glare; a large part of the lines cannot be read — marked [?] |
Reading
[insert / letter on a separate leaf; edges cut]
My dear and native little sister!
[Further on leaf 089 — a long run of illegible places; guesswork reconstruction is not allowed.]
[continuation, leaf 090; right edge cut]
She embroidered well[?]. I still have your work, I very[…] I often remember you and it is a pity you are gone. Forgive me, dear one, if I did something wrong sometime. I was still young and foolish. Forgive me, I love you so much.
P.S. You were talented; your poems are proof of that[?]
(leaf edges cut; some line endings cannot be read)
Diplomatic transcription
[p. 089 — insert; edges cut]
Милая и родная моя сестричка!
[numerous illegible fragments — [?]]
[p. 090 — continuation; right edge cut / glare]
Хорошо вышивала[?]. У меня остались твои работы, мне очень[…]
Я часто вспоминаю тебя и жалко, что тебя нет.
Прости меня, родная, если за что-то не то сделала когда.
Я была еще юной и глупой. Прости меня, я так люблю тебя.
P.S. Ты была талантлива, твои стихи доказательство этому[?]
See also: Sister Genya and brother Tyoma · Letters from the front
Related materials
- Sister context: Sister Genya and brother Tyoma
- Tatyana Timofeevna Krivosheina
- Collection: Letters from the front