Letters from Vlad: 10/2/13: Vlad

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

10/2/13: Vlad

From Roman [my dad] answer. I do not know he received my letter or not. And then on TV reported budget crisis in the U.S.. Worried if he touches you .. Melissa, you wanted to send me a picture, it would be nice to get them. Only write to you and ask the rest of the relatives reredat my best wishes

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The Story

In the late 1920s, after the Bolshevik Revolution, my Polish great-grandfather was arrested by the Communist government and sent to Siberia, forced to leave his two children behind. After eight years in a labor camp, he began a new life, afraid to return home. He thought his family was lost, but my grandfather (or Dziadek, as I knew him) survived. Decades later, Dziadek learned he had a half-brother in Russia-- my great-uncle Vlad, who's about the same age as my dad. After Dziadek died, though, all contact with the family was lost. In the fall of 2013, a Russian reality show reunited us, and now, thanks to Google Translate and a little creativity, we're able to (mostly) communicate. These are our letters. (Translated into English for Vlad, and back into English from the Russian for me.)

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

10/2/13: Vlad

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