DanguolÄ— RudokaitÄ—-RaudonikienÄ— is a celebrated artist in Lithuania now, but her life’s journey was not easy. With her family, she was exiled to East Siberia by the Soviet regime in 1949. DanguolÄ— spent her childhood and teenage years in the remote settlements of Russia. By 1958, her family had been released from exile in Siberia, but it was not until 1960 that DanguolÄ— returned to Lithuania, having graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages in Irkutsk.
In March 1949, DanguolÄ— RudokaitÄ—-RaudonikienÄ—’s family were among the unfortunate ones who were exiled from Lithuania to the remote settlements of the Soviet Union. Her diary depicts the journey from their beloved homeland to an unfamiliar place in Eastern Siberia through the eyes of ...
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