After graduating high school there in June 1921, she returned with her family to Petrograd (as Saint Petersburg was then named), where they faced desperate conditions, occasionally nearly starving.
ˈæftɚ ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪɾɪŋ hˈaɪ skˈuːl ðɛɹ ɪn dʒˈuːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wˈʌn, ʃiː ɹᵻtˈɜːnd wɪð hɜː fˈæmɪli tə pˈɛtɹəɡɹˌæd æz sˈeɪnt pˈiːɾɚzbˌɜːɡ wʌz ðˈɛn nˈeɪmd, wˌɛɹ ðeɪ fˈeɪsd dˈɛspɚɹət kəndˈɪʃənz, əkˈeɪʒənəli nˌɪɹli stˈɑːɹvɪŋ.