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Through the Eyes of a Child ( with Tamara Buzyna Adams) | Episode 62
🚢 When 11-year-old Lydia escaped Russia on the last evacuation ship in 1920, she began documenting her extraordinary journey in beautiful handwritten diaries.
Tamara Buzyna Adams discovered her grandmother’s childhood diaries during COVID lockdown. What started as a mother-daughter translation project unveiled an incredible story: a young girl who lived on a refugee ship for two and a half years, finding joy and wonder even amid the chaos following the Russian Revolution.
Through meticulous research, Tamara pieced together not just dates and places, but a moving story of childhood resilience…
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