Soviet Repression, Part 2
Russian Invasion , Part 1 There will be just a little bit on recent events. My original blog post was waiting for final proofreading when...
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Steven Ocone
Feb 1, 20223 min
Soviet Repression, Part 1
Once again I apologize profusely for not making much progress on documenting the lives of my grandparents, Valentin and Polina Shugaevsky....
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Steven Ocone
Sep 8, 20212 min
Polina and Anastasia
As Valentin and Polina traveled from Petrograd to Chernigov, the Bolsheviks were remaking the government. Soon they would move the...
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Steven Ocone
Aug 29, 20212 min
The Train
In late 1917, Valentin Andreyevich Shugaevsky, bought two tickets from St. Petersburg to Chernigov, the town in Ukraine where he was...
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Steven Ocone
Apr 14, 20211 min
Breaking News from 1918
Last month I received an email from Ukraine about Rena's uncle, Leonid. To recap: Leonid was a lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Army,...
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Steven Ocone
Dec 11, 20202 min
A Valentin Shugaevsky article gets published in 2020.
I have been in correspondence with a historian in Chernihiv Ukraine, Valentin's home town, and have sent him documents and photos from...
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Steven Ocone
Jul 9, 20201 min
Exciting news from 1903
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...
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Steven Ocone
Jun 20, 20201 min
A Holy Painting, a Promise to my Grandmother, and the Battle for Kiev
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...
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Steven Ocone
May 18, 20201 min
Translating from Russian
Translating from Russian and Ukrainian can be difficult. If it's on the internet then I can copy and paste into Google Translate. Some...
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Steven Ocone
Apr 24, 20201 min
Major addition to the family history website
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....
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Steven Ocone
Feb 13, 20201 min
Rena's Memories version 2.0 is now on the web
Dear family and friends. After much hard labor I have completely revised the website so that it includes the stories from the notebooks...
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Steven Ocone
Sep 1, 20191 min
The History Site is Published
Dear friends, family, and tourists. My goal was to publish my mother's memories this summer and it is done - mistakes and all. Meanwhile...
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