1, 7 February, 2006
My Cousin in Leningrad
My Cousin in Leningrad
Originally uploaded by Mirabilia.
‘Mela’ Meletza
written on the reverse
“My cousin in Leningrad” and “Mela”
in another hand, presumably Mela’s, in cyrillic
“I danced the role of The Little Kitten in the operetta – (illegible) of the South”.
1, 5 February, 2006
Shura in Winter
1916, Youth in Uniform, Russia
Originally uploaded by Mirabilia.
“Shura” Alexander Frolov in uniform. Perhaps he died in a fall from a Trans Siberian rail car during the war.
...all you beautiful ghosts 