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My name is Sasha, Aleksandr Safiyanovich
I am from Russia, Russian Federation, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
I was born near the city of Mirniy in a chum (*traditional house)
Unfortunately, it is above the Arctic Circle
in the community of reindeer herders
As it is
far from the civilization,
when I was born, my birth was not registered
neither with the office of registration nor with the birth certificate
So, de facto I exist
but de jure I do not exist
When I was born I was not registered, and I even do not know the reason of that
I cannot understand why I was not registered
Since that moment
In 1998 my relatives expelled me
because of the issue of inheritance
We had many reindeers
In the currency equivalent
they would cost not a small amount of money
So, from that time my mother passed away and I was left alone
Until now I try to survive
in these bureaucratic countries
in Russia, in Ukraine, everywhere in the CIS countries
I tried to make documents following the legal procedure
I also had an idea to buy these documents,
but purchasing of a passport or that new document is punishable
and may be easily detected
So, it is dangerous
By and large, I am still trying to make documents following the legal procedure
It it is difficult to prove that I am really me
and not impersonating anyone else
Moreover, although I tried to reach the authorities,
I applied to the authorities,
I was, so to speak ... kicked out
It is because de facto I exist
and de jure I do not exist
They do not want to deal with me
I also do not have money
and do not have any support to be able to realize it all
Because of these circumstances it is very hard
There are many families in Yakutia who do not make their document
They live in taiga, above the Arctic Circle
They just do not need the documents because authorities do not check them
there are such families ... like me
There are people like me who are undocumented,
who like me do not exist,
for them it is as difficult as for me to make documents
I am not alone, we are many, several hundreds or maybe more
After the collapse of USSR, even in Soviet times,
such people existed and they exist now
Even if they achieve to make documents,
they keep silent about it
they make forged documents in order to survive in their situation
As for a job, it is very hard to find it
Even if you are hired
your wage is 1/3 or 1/2,
besides it may happen that you will not be paid at all
Sometimes it is even possible to get into slavery
And how to say
there are a few persons like me in Ukraine,
maybe, dozens
They are regularly moving, changing their names,
it is impossible to identify them until they tell on their own
They can tell where they were caught by the police or border guards
or by the other authorities
Otherwise they live like a normal people
They exist but it is very difficult to become for them a fully developed personality
It is almost impossible to make their way through life
Unreal. Very few cases.
It is impossible for a person like me to get documents
It is impossible
It would be a miracle if anyone achieves it,
maybe 2 or 3 persons
But they should be prepared for such situation
But I have never studied. I am self-taught.
If I studied, it would be easier for me;
I would have at least some documents
but even though it would be impossible
to get a birth certificate or a passport
First of all, I would like to obtain the documents
I want to get recognized by the authorities to live legally
It will be hard but hopefully I will succeed
I am struggling that the state recognizes me
Eventually if I keep on
And then I will try to help other people from Yakutia,
who are like me
There are hundreds of them
there are even families
there are also separate people
I will try to help them not to remain unrecognized,
in shadow in their home country
I hope I will manage to do it