Native Places

These two photo are from the envelope called "Babos šeima Rusijoi"—Grandma's family in Russia.

Nina K., the mother of my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, was born in this house in 1875.

Tatjana would have remembered it as the home in which her maternal Grandparents lived.

Tambov, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, August 1962. Natasha, one of Tatjana's two younger sisters, writes, "The house on Sadovaja Street, home of our dear Grandfather and Grandmother, and our Mama. I am sitting here with my husband. Tears are dimming my eyes, full of memories."

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Tambov, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, August 1962. Natasha writes, "Sadovaja Street in Tambov, our hometown. I always long for native places."

Thanks again to my dear friend, D, for translating the texts from Russian to English.