- They took him out here to the corner, he had to stand on his knees and they shot him in the temple, said Iryna Abramova when SVT's broadcaster Bengt Norborg and Emil Larsson met her in April.
When they now return to the city a month later, Iryna has moved into her aunt's house next door.
On the clothesline over the burnt-down ruins hangs the sweater her husband was forced to take off before he was killed.
She is determined not to leave Butja or the house that has belonged to the family for generations.
- I was happy here with my husband, she says.
"Blood-stained victory day"
May 9 marks the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany, a day that meant a lot to Iryna, whose grandfather survived the war.
But now the feelings have changed.
- They have polluted the day of victory, says Iryna.
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Photo: Emil Larsson / SVT