Some digging shows that both family trees have similar roots
The geographical history of Europe often blows my mind. Areas, regions and even entire countries are seemingly juggled between various governments, with borders being drawn
Writing about my family, history and moments in time.
As a girl she collected stamps
Although I gave away and threw out many of the things my parents collected, such as a large pile of magazines, unopened newspapers, recipe books
To Live Without Hope is to Cease to Live
Fyodor Dostoevsky, the great Russian writer, wrote those words. I’m sure they were written from experience. My grandparents, Paul and Olga Woronoff understood how important
A Generation Ago – Memories of St Nicholas and Time Spent Reading
From the moment I could read and throughout most of my younger years I was a bookworm. I read all day and at night I
A Change in Fortune – the right place, the right time, the right person
Unlike Ivnia, the estate owned by my maternal side of the family, which I wrote about here, Nurmhusen, the estate owned by my father’s family,
The home of her childhood was wantonly destroyed
My grandmother’s family’s first country home was destroyed by fire. After that the Kleinmichel family spent their summers at Ivnia in the Koursk region. The
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