My dad was born in Yagodnaya Polyana and my mother in Pobochnaya. They told me many many stories their parents had told them. The wolf attacks were predominately in the winter when food was more scarce for the wolves. Small children disappeared more frequently than one would expect which were blamed on the wolves. My dad said my grandfather and other men in the village would form a hunting party and take care of them guys whenever any were spotted near the village. On one occasion my dad's older brother got into an altercation with a horse and had to be taken to the hospital in Saratov 45 miles away, winter, snow, colder than a well diggers +#* (my dads words). Part way there on the "old Moscow road" (isn't much better today) dad spotted a pack gaining on them, it was a large pack, the horses got very skittish, dad said that he was sure that was the end of them all until grandpa gave him the reins and he was able to shoot one which stopped them on the spot. My uncle did not make it, he died just before they turned onto German street. A cousin I located in Germany (born in Kazakhstan to parents from YP) told me his dad's little brother wondered off to never be seen again. He later learned from his aunt the wolves got him. The way she told him it sounded like it was very common. enjoy Kenny