the brothers hryhoriy and gryhir tyutyunniki were born in the village of shilivka, zinkivsky district poltava oblast. they were related only by their father's name, mykhailo vasyliovych, they were related by blood, kindred in soul, they became after many years. those years were woven from joys, which were few, from suffering. as their wedding ceremony, but also out of love. the sons were growing up, both dark, with thick hair and expressive dark eyes. mykhailo the tobacconist taught his sons poems by taras shevchenko. he himself knew almost the entire kobzar by heart. mykhailo loved children, god, how he did cheered behind them, hanna mykhailivna, hryhor's mother, later recalled. working hard in the collective farm, mykhailo vasyliovych did not give up hope of becoming a teacher one day. but they knocked on the door of millions of ukrainians in 1932-1933. holodomor good afternoon, dad, good afternoon, son, sit down, what, what, what, here, dad, on the way to school, i decided to stop by your place, and what is it, i brought you some bread, beritsa, thank you. my dear, you are growing,