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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0133
  • Summary(2:59) Current protests and riots as the most memorable part of the last weeks -- (4:30) Lockdown routine, not able to visit favorite places, hard to get masks and sanitizers -- (6:20) Getting to work using public transport. Much less passengers, people avoid sitting close to each other. Subway started looking much better -- (9:15) Visiting Manhattan during the quarantine. Empty streets, favorite places closed. Lots of drug dealers -- (12:30) Cancelled career and life plans. Planned to look for a job and to visit family in Russia. Now not sure, when she’ll be able to do it -- (13:30) Got COVID-19 together with patient. Both Irina and her senior patient got sick, but had mild symptoms and recovered soon. -- (16:15) Plans to visit Stonewall after reopening because of cancelled Pride events -- (18:35) Getting inspiration from the lockdown, creative plans -- (20:00) Possible life changes after the quarantine – how will workplaces and traveling change -- (22:22) The hardest and the most positive moment during the lockdown. The first days of having COVID-19 – and buying new pretty sport shoes with a big discount -- (25:16) Can’t use NYC ID benefits and finds it very upsetting -- (26:00) Support museums, misses Whitney Museum of American Art -- (27:49) Online education, pros and cons of learning online. Believes that in-person education is much more effective because of eye contact and teacher’s charisma -- (30:46) Plans for future education -- (32:06) Wishes to creative New Yorkers
  • Date2020-06-02
  • Physical Description1 sound file (33 min) : digital, WAV
  • CreatorNakhtigal-Shumskaya, Irina 
  • CollectionBrooklyn Covid-19 Stories
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 2, 2020, by Anna Zemskova. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics; Coronaviruses ; Distance education
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Irina Nakhtigal-Shumskaya conducted on June 2, 2020.