Land of the Tzars in colour: Fascinating photographs show the people..of pre-revolutionary Russia

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 5, 2014 | Kate Lyons

[Drawsing]

This is a carefully composed photo...the bench, the rug, the nice background. I just don’t quite understand the bundle of straw.

[freedomlover]

The one with the jewelry looks like John Candy with a hangover.

Come to think of it, maybe I understand why vodka is so popular with the men over there.

[Defiant]

Actually, 3 of the people in this picture look like men. One looks like men that I know. The one with the jewelry looks like Lou Dobbs to me:

[Mrs. B.S. Roberts]

I would like to thank my great-grandfather, Isaac, and my great-grandmother, Anya for leaving Kiev, Ukraine (just got out in the nick of time) during the end of the revolution in 1923. Their daughter, my grandmother, taught us to thank G-d everyday for being US citizens. She taught us to serve. Almost all the the family are involved in the local government or schools in the towns we live in.

My grandmother had an old suitcase of family photos from that time. No one looked happy in in the photos.
My grandmother came to the US at age 5 and was sent to kindergarten (yes, she spoke Russian) to be immersed in English....that’s a discussion for another thread.