Summary

Document in Russian issued to Katarina Pimenowa by the Moscow Technical Institute, dated 10 November 1939. The document details all the subjects she studied as part of her diploma, which include technical and political studies.

Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) was born in 1915 in Luzk, Poland. A mechanical engineer, from 1946-49, she worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and later for the International Refugee Organisation (IRO). In 1950 Kateryna and her mother migrated to Australia. She married Alexander Caurs who was born in Latvia in 1926, and who migrated to Australia in 1948.

Description of Content

Document in Russian that details all of the subjects Katarina studied under her diploma at the Moscow Technical Institute. Also includes technical and political studies.

Physical Description

Yellowing paper with purple typed text. Signatures in red and blue pens. Official Russian stamp in blue.

Significance

Statement of Historical Significance:
The Caurs collection represents the experiences of wartime dislocation and post-war immigration of a family from three cultural backgrounds, Polish, Latvian and Ukrainian. The principle story represented in the collection is that of Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) and is one not often told, that of a professional educated woman, a mechanical engineer, whose qualifications were recognised in Australia.

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