She was only 11 when the great war broke into her carefree childhood. Mariia Biriukova recalls February 24, 2022, with horror. Her father was not home that day. He is a military man who was already in one of the hottest spots. Mariia was most concerned about her father's fate. She wanted to protect and hide all her relatives from the war. The girl told the "Voices of the Peaceful" Museum about the first air raid alarms, shell hits that shook the house, and happy days when the whole family came together.
Mariia Biriukova became one of the winners of the essay contest held by the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation.
