Before the War I Had Toys
Before the War I Had Toys
Children of Grozny
Brothers Aktulayev, Rustan (9 years old) and
Tamerlan (10 years old)
Used to live at: Kalinin poselok, Darvina 23, Grozny
Rustan: “We used to live in the big white house. My uncle’s house was next to ours. His house was big too. Now, both of them have no roof.
We live with our uncle at his house which is partly destroyed.”
Tamerlan: “When the war began, our uncle drove us out of town. Planes were flying and bombing us. When they bombed the mosque, the bomb hit our house too.”
Rustan: “I used to have my own room in our three story house. I left all my toys in my room and they all burned.
I wish I had a bicycle, and I love my mum the most”
Tamerlan: “When I grown up I want to be a taxi driver.”
Rustan: “And I will be a translator; I will translate the Kalmyk language to Chechen.”
Tamerlan and Rustan have another three brothers. Their mother used to work as a translator before the war. Their father passed away when he was 44 years old in 1997.
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