1941 in the Kalaushin family history

Events4

April 1941

Death in Harbin

◈ published source

Aleksey Matveyevich, who in the 1930s was connected with Ataman Semyonov’s circle and worked in newsreel, died in Harbin in April 1941 “in unexplained circumstances” and was buried in the New Uspensky Cemetery.

◈ Roster, No. 122

8. Exile

22 June 1941

“Better to die than surrender”

◇ family testimony

On the evening of 22 June 1941, as his eight-year-old son remembered, Boris Aleksandrovich said that he would rather die than surrender; he took leave of his son at the well and of his wife at the troop train, under the lime trees. On 30 July he wrote to his wife from near Novgorod: “War is terrible, and whoever stays alive will be a happy man.”

◇ Roster, No. 138
◈ B.A. Kalaushin’s letter to his wife, 30.07.1941, after the Roster, No. 138

9. The Great Patriotic War 12. The Chroniclers

1941–1942

The Siege: Pushkin House

◈ published source

In the Siege winter of 1941–1942 Matvey Matveyevich served as acting commandant of Pushkin House: he was responsible for the building and its collections and looked after the staff — ration cards, the sick, funerals. In July 1942 he escorted a train with the most valuable museum materials to Tashkent. His son Boris made more than a hundred and fifty handwritten booklets in the besieged city and in evacuation.

◈ Rabinyants 2010
◈ Likhachov 1991, p. 19
◈ Khukhrina 2022, pp. 29–30

9. The Great Patriotic War 10. Pushkin House 11. The Artist

1941–1945

Nine names in the Book of Remembrance

◈ published source

The Book of Remembrance of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic lists nine people named Kalaushin who did not return from the war: Pyotr Ilyich, Aleksandr Semyonovich, Ivan Andreyevich, Ivan Ilyich, Ilya Andreyevich, Nikolay Sergeyevich, Nikolay Fyodorovich, Pavel Ilyich and Pyotr Ivanovich. Three of them are in the roster — the brothers Ilya and Ivan Andreyevich and Nikolay Sergeyevich.

◆ Book of Memory of Karachay-Cherkessia: entries "Kalaushin" (KChR, p. 59, part 1)OBD "Memorial" database (Russian Ministry of Defence)
◆ Book of Memory of Karachay-Cherkessia: entries "Kalaushin" (Cherkessk volume, p. 101, part 1)OBD "Memorial" database (Russian Ministry of Defence)

◈ Book of Remembrance of the KChR, p. 59; vol. “Cherkessk”, p. 101, via OBD Memorial

9. The Great Patriotic War 12. The Chroniclers

People of the year10

Aleksey Matveyevich Kalaushin 1894 – April 1941 died, took part in events second cousin three times removed
Matvey Matveyevich Kalaushin 23 July (5 August) 1904 – 10 December 1968 took part in events second cousin three times removed
Boris Aleksandrovich Kalaushin 1 (14) May 1904 – missing since 15 August 1941 died, took part in events second cousin three times removed
Mikhail Semyonovich Kalaushin 1907 – missing since June 1941 died second cousin three times removed
Ilya Andreyevich Kalaushin 1913 – 11 December 1941 died, took part in events third cousin three times removed
Ivan Andreyevich Kalaushin 1914 – missing since May–June 1943 took part in events third cousin three times removed
Nikolay Sergeyevich Kalaushin 1920 – 14 June 1943 took part in events third cousin three times removed
Boris Matveyevich Kalaushin 6 August 1929 – 10 June 1999 took part in events third cousin twice removed
Aleksandr Borisovich Kalaushin b. 1932 took part in events third cousin twice removed
Fyodor Borisovich Chirkov 1941 – date of death unknown born third cousin twice removed

Works and objects4

Chapters of the period

1. The Name17th century – present
8. Exile1918–1976
9. The Great Patriotic War1941–1945
10. Pushkin House1904–1968
11. The Artist1929–1999
13. Vyacheslav’s Linec. 1737 – the present
14. Sources and Further Research1737–2026