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My grandfather was born in 1886 but, thanks to Lenin, his birthday was changed to 1887

January 11, 2026 2 Comments

Today, January 11th, was my grandfather’s birthday. Or was it? My grandfather, Pavel Voronov (Paul Woronoff) was born on December 29, 1886, or was he? I have official documents which state both dates as his birthday. This can be very confusing for a family historian if one doesn’t know that

Fading Childhood Memories: Christmas presents, birthday presents and dolls

November 3, 2019 No Comments

Despite the common assumption that only children are spoilt, I cannot remember that being the case. I was definitely lucky though. As the only child of a Baltic German father and a Russian mother, I celebrated both birthday and name day, Christmas on 25th December and Orthodox Christmas on 7th

Fifty-six Birthdays

April 10, 2016 No Comments

Today I celebrated my fifty-sixth birthday and have embarked on my fifty seventh year here on earth. It got me thinking of the many things which have happened since I was born. In the 1960’s Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Construction began on the Berlin Wall. The

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Birthday

My grandfather was born in 1886 but, thanks to Lenin, his birthday was changed to 1887

Fading Childhood Memories: Christmas presents, birthday presents and dolls

Fifty-six Birthdays

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