His War – in His Letters
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In the 1950s Sasha was still a kid, and his father, Lyonya, didn’t tell him much about fighting the Nazis...
To Siberia.
Kharkov, 1953 It was a chilly spring morning with a cloudy sky, when Sasha and his nanny, Galina, went out...
The New Artistic Director
Novosibirsk, 1960. Without even taking the time to knock, poet and writer Yury Magalif burst through the door of the...
Maria and Alexander
Gorno-Altaysk, 1924. Alexander Yermolaev, Tanya’s grandfather, armed with the Executive Mandate of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party, started...
The Singer
Some people are destined to have many lives, all packed into one. Tanya’s grandmother, Ekaterina (or Katya, as all in the...
“I heard a lot about you, too.”
“Kharkov, 1939. That was the day when Lisa and Lyonya, Sasha’s parents, met for the very first time. “At last,...
“At last, we meet in person.”
Kharkov, 1939. “At last, we meet in person,” said Lyonya in a low voice, looking into Lisa’s eyes. “I heard...
The Theater of Farce and Horror
New York, 2018. We just returned from the theater after enjoying another play by Bertolt Brecht at the Classic Stage...
Music and Life.
Moscow, 1947. Victor Ushakov knew he came upon one of those rare moments in life, when the next decision he was...
We are not alone!
Novosibirsk, 1955. The last time we traveled back in time with Sasha and his parents, Lisa and Lyonya, was when...
Night Train.
Novosibirsk. May 1945. Iskra was sitting by the window in an overcrowded common car of a slow night train. Although...