Born on July 1, 1945, in the Krasnopol district. At the age of 20 she got married and moved to Krasnopole. She worked in the dining room as a cook. She gave birth to three children, whom she had to support herself on her feet, as her husband drank, walked, and often did not come home.

When the children grew up, he set fire to the house in a drunken, angry state. To rebuild the house, she had to go on business trips, at that time it was Chernobyl. After the explosion of the nuclear power plant, people from all over Ukraine went to fight the consequences of the explosion.

Varvara Vasilyevna restored the burned house, but Chernobyl left its traces in her already not easy life. Inter-vertebral hernias in the lumbar region cause pain and difficulty walking. You have to maintain your health by constantly taking all kinds of medications. She is very grateful for the rations that we bring her, having a minimum pension ($50/month).