I have been so slow getting back online after coming home from my brother's funeral. Then NPR reported today, Nov. 7, 2007, is the 90th anniversary of the Bolshevik's takeover in Russia. The radio reminded me once again of how my family's futures changed so drastically when the group (who became the Soviets) took power. I remembered the memoirs I have just read, the memoirs that discussed my grandmother's exodus from Russia, and the old family pictures I was given when I visited my father recently. I want to post at least some of the Russian family pictures here (& eventually in Tribe.net & already loaded in Myspace) to aid in the search of other Wolkonskys who may still be alive & looking for family, as I am. I will start with a couple of the old Russian family photos today & continue as I complete scanning more of these old family photos. I have not decided yet how much to tell from the memoirs because they are still unfinished & unpublished.
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My Russian Babushka when she was young, Princess Tatiana (Tanya) Dmitrievna Wolkonsky Kelley. She was a gifted linguist & nurse. She was considered quite beautiful and incredibly spirited. More on my Babu later. I am supposed to be very much like her in many ways.
My Russian great Dedushka (grandfather), Prince Dmitri Wolkonsky. He was a diplomat. I only learned who he was in the last month. Oddly enough I thought that I look rather like this great grandfather. This pic is an antique. This great grandfather died almost a hundred years ago.
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