As I mentioned a couple posts previously, we've been talking to Elena about her time in the orphanage in Kotlas, and how she came to leave Kotlas and live with us. It's part of her story, and important to her. We're talking to her about Kotlas because that's a place that she remembers, and something that we can talk about using first-hand information, because we all were there.
But Elena wasn't always in Kotlas; there's more to her story than that. Elena was born in the town of Nyandoma. Nyandoma is almost due south of Arkhangelsk and due west of Kotlas. There's a map of the area below, or you can click here for a larger Google Maps view (or, for more detail, try Yandex).
We're going to have a harder time talking to Elena about the Nyandoma part of her story, because we know only a little about it. We weren't there, and no one we talked to was there, and we just have a few notes. We know when and where she was born (Jan. 26 in the Nyandoma Central District Hospital, shown below).
We also know her birth mother's name and when Elena was transferred to Kotlas, but almost nothing more. We don't know where else she lived, we don't know much else about the the city, and we've never been there. That's unfortunate, because it was an important time in her life, even if we didn't know her then, and she'll eventually have more questions, ones that we'll have a hard time answering.
But Elena wasn't always in Kotlas; there's more to her story than that. Elena was born in the town of Nyandoma. Nyandoma is almost due south of Arkhangelsk and due west of Kotlas. There's a map of the area below, or you can click here for a larger Google Maps view (or, for more detail, try Yandex).
We're going to have a harder time talking to Elena about the Nyandoma part of her story, because we know only a little about it. We weren't there, and no one we talked to was there, and we just have a few notes. We know when and where she was born (Jan. 26 in the Nyandoma Central District Hospital, shown below).
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| Nyandoma Central District Hospital |
We also know her birth mother's name and when Elena was transferred to Kotlas, but almost nothing more. We don't know where else she lived, we don't know much else about the the city, and we've never been there. That's unfortunate, because it was an important time in her life, even if we didn't know her then, and she'll eventually have more questions, ones that we'll have a hard time answering.
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