Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Valentina ta girma a Novocherkassk a cikin Yankin Rostov kuma a matsayin yarinya ta shaida wani ɓangare na abubuwan da suka faru a 1962 a cikin birni (duba kisan Novocherkassk
) Ya ce: Daga baya ta ji cewa mahaifiyarta, wadda take 'yar shekara 23 a lokacin, ta ceci ran wani ɗan sanda a waɗannan kwanaki na baƙin ciki. Mahaifinta dan Ukraine ne; garin Novocherkassk yana da alaƙar tarihi da yawa tare da Ukraine, kamar yadda mazaunanta na yanzu suke (pop. 170,233 a cikin 2016).