Isaszegi János: A 21. század élettérháborúi a földért, a vízért, az élelemért, a …létezésért! Válságövezetek konfliktusai és háborúi (Budapest, 2015)
12. Interview about the past few decades
A 21. SZÁZAD ÉLETTÉRHÁBORÚI 279 Though it is true that the József Attila Grammar School of my favourite „Onion’s City” gave me a substantial grounding for my later studies, but I have not even thought of joining the army in the first more than three years. Because of our family’s economic status, and not having enough self-confidence at that moment, I did not dare to risk the entrance examination to the Legal University; I was rather seeking a safer higher education possibility around Christmas in the fourth year. I took my maturity examination with excellent degree, thanks to my helpful head mistress Aunt Erzsiké Mrs. László Tarjányi, who regularly supervised our work. My grammar school sweetheart did not support my plans about the military career, so we parted ways. With my friend Laci Nacsa first we wanted to be sailors, but as I became dizzy from the very thought of ships’ rolling, we changed our mind, and we both applied to the Military College. We were accepted, but fife has separated the members of our secondary school community from each other, unfortunately. - Could you tell me why you chose just Kyiv to begin your military higher education studies there? How could you cope with the six years of academic studies, and the cruelty of the winter thither wards? When I applied to the Military College with my excellent maturity examination, after the successful admission, I received quite a tricky question: „Would you go to the Soviet Union to study for a year?” -, and up to now I do not understand why they did not ask me of this straightforward. I travelled back to my parents, and discussed the matter with them. After some cry and concerns, they allowed me to go. However, when next day we returned to the Budapest-based Military College, to continue the personal discussion about the schooling, they told me that I had to go to Kyiv not for one, but for six years... well, this sounded though back then, especially with the restriction that we could not go back to our parents to ask for permission!