My Grandmother’s Life Aboard the Steamship Kherson 

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My Grandmother’s Life Aboard the Steamship Kherson  *

1 May 1921 Easter aboard the steamship Kherson. My grandmother is in the middle.

1 May 1921 Easter aboard the steamship Kherson. My grandmother is in the middle.

The steamship Kherson anchored off the shore of Zelenika in the Bay of Kotor

The steamship Kherson anchored off the shore of Zelenika in the Bay of Kotor

Feodosia 1920, the steamship Kherson

Feodosia 1920, the steamship Kherson

Lydia Dimitrievna, original photo, sitting aboard the Kherson in the Bay of Kotor

Lydia Dimitrievna, original photo, sitting aboard the Kherson in the Bay of Kotor

7 February 1921, aboard the steamship Kherson; Lydia is tallest girl in middle. Zhenia is to her left. Ira & Manya Semenopulo, Alyosha & Kolya Anikeeff, and Katya Malyavina also pictured.

7 February 1921, aboard the steamship Kherson; Lydia is tallest girl in middle. Zhenia is to her left. Ira & Manya Semenopulo, Alyosha & Kolya Anikeeff, and Katya Malyavina also pictured.

Colorized photo of children on the deck of the steamship Kherson. Pictured with my grandmother are Ira & Manya Semenopulo, Zhenia, Alyosha, & Kolya Anikeeff, and Katya Malyavina - listed just as Lydia recorded them in her diary.

Colorized photo of children on the deck of the steamship Kherson. Pictured with my grandmother are Ira & Manya Semenopulo, Zhenia, Alyosha, & Kolya Anikeeff, and Katya Malyavina - listed just as Lydia recorded them in her diary.