"Romenska Madonna": Oleksandra Derevska

Sumy Television. The episode "Romenska Madonna" from the cycle program "Zemlyaky" for May 25, 2012 is dedicated to the mother-heroine Oleksandra Derevska.

On the video: black-and-white chronicles of World War II, different shots; Derevska's pupils talk about the mother-heroine; photos of Oleksandra Derevska, biography; monument to Oleksandra Derevska in Romny near the boarding school; the house of the Derevsky family in Romny, interior of the apartment, sewing machine, photos of parents and children on the walls; Oleksandra Derevska's grave, commemorative plaque; evening of remembrance.

Comments: Oleksandra Derevska's adopted children - Lidiya Tishchenko, Yuriy Derevsky, Alla Serbina.

Reference: Oleksandra Derevskaya is a Ukrainian mother-heroine who, together with her husband, adopted 65 children, of whom she raised 48 to adulthood. She worked as the director of an orphanage, and was posthumously awarded the title of "Mother-Heroine".