Мельникова (Бушина) Валентина Алексеевна
paternal grandmother
Birth: 1926-04-06
Death: 2017-01-11 · buried: Satino-Russkoe, near Podolsk (Moscow region)
Name variations: Bushina Valentina Alekseevna
Bushin's maiden name according to a birth certificate from 1926 and a handwritten pedigree; Melnikova is a married surname.
Date of birth: on the tombstone 04/06/1926, in the extract 04/29/1926 (the first digit has been corrected). The discrepancy is not resolved; both dates are saved.
Place of birth according to the extract: “village. Lidinka Lidinsky s/s.” With a high probability this is the village of Lidinka on the river. Mutnoy (Amutnoy), Bogoroditsky district of the Tula province, now Teplo-Ogarevsky district (Lidinsky rural district): The Lidinsky village council existed and in 1932 was transferred from the Bogoroditsky district to Teplo-Ogarevsky; in the directory for this village, the Bushins and Fitisovs are named among the residents. The family message about the Podolsk and Chekhov districts probably refers to a later place of life of the family (Igor’s father was born in 1949 in Kulakovo, Chekhov district).
Work at Bismuth and the profession of an accountant have not been established: see tip L1 . The coincidence of the patronymic and year of birth strengthens, but does not prove identity.
The originally reported 1924 year of birth has been corrected based on the gravestone.
He was buried at the Satino-Russkoe cemetery near Podolsk together with his spouse (photo of the tombstone S2 ). According to Igor, he is not from there.
Family legend (story by Valentina Alekseevna, reported by Igor on September 27, 2026): her mother or grandmother “served some nobles.” It is unknown which of the women - Alexandra Prokhorovna Bushina, Evdokia Kondratyevna Fetisova or Anna Afanasyevna Bushina - and from whom.
To the legend about the “nobles”: Chernyaevka since 1796 belonged to the Bobrinsky counts (estate and palace in Bogoroditsk); the owner of Lidinka is not named in the directories. The version that the women of the family served with the Bobrinskys has not been verified.
Sources
- S1 . Igor's messages about family ties and family memories
- S2 . Photo of the tombstone of Sergei Ivanovich and Valentina Alekseevna Melnikov — Saved copy
- S9 . Birth certificate for Valentina Bushina, 1926 — Saved copy
- S10 . Handwritten pedigree "It's Valentine I remember" — Saved copy
- S34 . Photo: Melnikova Valentina Alekseevna with her son Valery — Saved copy
- S35 . Photo: Melnikova (Bushina) Valentina Alekseevna — Saved copy
- S37 . Photo: Melnikova Valentina Alekseevna (in adulthood) — Saved copy
- S38 . Photo: Valery Sergeevich Melnikov with his mother Valentina Alekseevna — Saved copy
