Tambov, Russia, Winter 1913. My paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, her Brother, Lev, and her Father, Pavel. Of all the photos we have, this one is in the poorest condition. That's because Grandmother carried the snapshot slipped between the pages of a Russian Orthodox prayer book that jiggled in her pocket as she escaped Russia during the 1917 Revolution.
Grandmother fled on horseback to Lithuania—newly emancipated from the Russian Empire—catching a ride with a Lithuanian cavalryman, Vytautas, who was retreating from the collapsing Imperial Russian Army.
Grandmother settled in Lithuania, married the cavalryman, and gave birth to twins, my Father and my paternal Aunt.
UPDATE: It was a Roman Catholic prayer book, not a Russian Orthodox one.
2 comments:
Wonderful pictures!
*winks*
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