my family's journey through time

It's been over two years since my last post. This may repeat some information. The NKVD mentioned below is the predecessor to the KGB...

Russian Invasion , Part 1 There will be just a little bit on recent events. My original blog post was waiting for final proofreading when...

Once again I apologize profusely for not making much progress on documenting the lives of my grandparents, Valentin and Polina Shugaevsky....

As Valentin and Polina traveled from Petrograd to Chernigov, the Bolsheviks were remaking the government. Soon they would move the...

In late 1917, Valentin Andreyevich Shugaevsky, bought two tickets from St. Petersburg to Chernigov, the town in Ukraine where he was...

Last month I received an email from Ukraine about Rena's uncle, Leonid. To recap: Leonid was a lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Army,...

I have been in correspondence with a historian in Chernihiv Ukraine, Valentin's home town, and have sent him documents and photos from...

I've been busy sending images of family documents to Ukraine. A historian, Maxim, there is writing a article on the history of the a...

Hello! I made a little addition to the history web site, a diversion from my main story. It is about a painting that made the same...

Translating from Russian and Ukrainian can be difficult. If it's on the internet then I can copy and paste into Google Translate. Some...

Dear family and friends, I hope you are all well. Our family is fine except that Ann didn't find flour on her last shopping expedition....

Dear family and friends. After much hard labor I have completely revised the website so that it includes the stories from the notebooks...

Dear friends, family, and tourists. My goal was to publish my mother's memories this summer and it is done - mistakes and all. Meanwhile...