Tanya Savicheva
Being the children of a "deprived person" all five Savichevs could not join the Komsomol and were limited in their choice of higher education. By the beginning of the war, Nina and Evgenia worked together at the Nevsky Plant named after Lenin (Evgenia worked in the archive and Nina worked in the design bureau). Leonid served as planer at the Admiralty Shipyards. Misha graduated from factory school and worked as a fitter. Maria was a seamstress, and worked as a homeworker in the sewing company "May 1 Artel" and was considered as one of the best embroiders there. Leonid was fond of music and together with his friends formed an amateur string orchesta. They often held rehearsals in Leonid's apartment. The Savichevs had many musical instruments that includes: a piano, guitars, a banjo, a balalaika, and a mandolin. In their free time, the Savichevs organized home concerts. Leonid and Mikhail played the instruments, Maria and Tanya sang, and the rest kept on with the chorus.