The article is based on the unknown documents and memoirs considers the evacuation of the orphanage № 1 for Spanish kids to the village Kukkus (now – Village Privolgskoe of Rovensky district of Saratov region). The author is analyzing the work of the administration of the orphanage. The article examines the difficulties that the kids and the staff faced at the new place during the war. The article mostly focuses on the problem what was done to improve living conditions of the kids.