Nikiforov family, 14th of June 1941

On 14 June 1941 around 15,000 inhabitants of Latvia were deported to Siberia. Russian minority’s elite suffered tremendous losses.

Among those deported was the family of Nikiforovs - Stakhy Nikiforov, a former White Guard officer; his mother, Maria; his wife, Alexandra  (Bobrova) and his two daughters, Tamara and Irina. The head of the family was sent to a camp and shot. The women ended up in the Tomsk area. 13-year old Tamara and 11-year old Irina were soon to find themselves orphans; grandmother and mother had died. The girls were fortunate enough to return to Riga in 1946.