Krutovskaya Elena Aleksandrovna Biography

Few people know that from the middle of the 20th century a real “living corner” worked here, in which animals who suffered from the hands of poachers helped. He was created by Elena Krutovskaya and her husband - James Dulkeite. Their story is no less interesting than the history of the national park. James's father - George - was a doctor of biological sciences, hunting and zoologist.

As a child, Little James received a spinal injury and could not study. In the year, the family moved to Krasnoyarsk, where he got a job as an observer of the Stolbian reserve. At that time, Elena Krutovskaya was in charge of the weather station. By this time, she had already selected animals for the “living corner” of the reserve - Krutovskaya fed animals and birds that suffered from poachers, treated them, placed them in her house and around it.

James Dulkeite was a wonderful artist and master-gold hands. He built all aviaries, cells and animal houses in the corner. The photographs taken by him are decorated with all the books of E. But it was fun and beautiful here: from singing exotic birds fluttered at large. Large and small, noble breeds and completely rootless, once homeless dogs have always lived here, ”the Memories of Dulkete in the“ Krasnoyarsk worker ”report.

James Dulkeit Source: Stolby. Lena’s childhood was not easy due to illness and attacks of bronchial asthma. But despite this, she grew up a very mobile and inquisitive child. In the year, she went to school, and then to the pedagogical institute at the faculty of natural science. The work was interesting, but the wet climate Sukhumi turned out to be unacceptable for her. In the spring of the year, she returned to Krasnoyarsk.

At this time, her grandfather was arrested, which imposed a stamp on the reputation of Krutovsky: it was difficult to find a job. Elena Krutovskaya, a graduate of the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical Institute, was proposed in an unofficial conversation: “Come out quickly and change your last name. You will be left alone. " But marriage happened to her later and in great love.

And then, in, fate brought her to the reserve “Pillars”.

Elena turned to the director of the Pillars of the Pillars to Peter Kozhukhov and got a zoologist. Elena Krutovskaya, year Source: Kras-Stolby. At the same time, she created a shelter for animals that got into trouble. And in the year, Elena took two children from the orphanage - the twins, Itu Vitaly and Lucy. Gemini Ita and Lucy Krutovsky Source: Stolby. She was advised to take a healthy child.

But Ita himself chose her in mom. It was not to leave the sister without him, ”recalls Krutovskaya’s sister Ekaterina Nashchokina. Krutovskaya told the children fairy tales, she herself illustrated them. Do not share my brother and sister, and my mother took both. So my brother and I became Krutovsky. We were more wild than the animals of mom. She devoted all her time to them and the reserve.

Before school, they lived with her on poles, and when studying began, we were sent to the city. My brother studied at the boarding school, but during the school year I lived with aunt. We had endless dogs, cats in our house. Somehow they even got a goat-my brother and I were very sick, and it was decided that we needed to drink goat milk. But for some reason, this goat did not give milk, but she butted excellently, ”recalls Lyudmila's adopted daughter.