Pyatchenko Valentina

Pyatchenko Valentina, (respectfully known only by her surname,) is one of the eight Ud residents which make up the singing sensation known as The Buranovo Grannies. By the start of the main storyline, she has reached the age of seventy-five, making her one of the oldest members of the group.

Valentina graduated from the Buranovo House of Culture with a degree in history and philology. For twenty one years she worked as a teacher of literature and of the Dwarven Tongue within the Seven States of Syn, where her husband was placed with his occupation. But her family life slowly deteriorated, and at the age of fourty-seven returned to Ud where she spent the rest of her life working at a school until she reached retirement.

When she was sixty-three, Valentina had an accident with a circular saw which resulted in her losing her right arm. Valentina often wears a false arm when working onstage. Valentina doesn't let this disability get in her way however, for she still sows using a machine, bakes cakes and is known to make quite a tasty jam. Her strawberry harvesting skills are also unrivalled throughout Ud. And whether or not there was a draught, Valentina always manages to reap the benefits of a large harvest, which has bamboozled many.

The other members of The Buranovo Grannies refer to her as Shirpi, which in Udmu means mouse- this is due to her shyness. Valentina has raised two sons, one of whom died. The remaining child has gone on to have two grandchildren.