Bogdana studied in an elementary school in village Olenivka. Later the girl needed to attended school in a small town 6 kilometers away. It was the closest school to Olenivka so she and two other children from her village went there. 

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In school, she studied well. Especially Bogdana loved literature and geography. She was very good at art, drawing with a pencil. 

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There were ups and downs in the girl's school life as she got bullied to be a "village girl" and "banderivka". It was tough as her father was in-prisoned and her family was poor. She used to walk to school in her mom's winter boots and wearing her 'hustynka' (traditional head covering).