Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Matvey Azriliyan was born, 1920 to Yefim and Asya. Prior to WWII he lived in Krasnoarmeysk, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Derbent, Russia (USSR). Matvey was registered following the evacuation/ in the interior of the Soviet Union.
Following the Nazi onslaught on 22 June 1941, about one and a half million Jewish residents of the Soviet Union were evacuated or fled to the interior of the country. They had to leave everything behind and find refuge in difficult conditions of food scarcity, harsh weather and disease.