I post on-this-day-in-(Russian)-history tweets to mark events of countrywide or global importance, but today I'll celebrate my grandpa.
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In 1938, granda lost a number of family members to purges, including his father, a well-known priest, and a brother.pic.twitter.com/Ar9kIqUYXo
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During WWII, my grandfather was rejected from the front lines, despite volunteering, due to poor health and built roads and bomb shelters.
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Grandpa was an architect with impeccable handwriting, but his most important job was helping raise his grandkids!pic.twitter.com/csFXCqOORX
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What an incredible journey! I can't even begin to comprehend
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In terms of what these older generations had to experience, they don't make them like they used to.
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You may be right .... otoh people have a habit of being as resilient as they need to be, we've just not been tested like that
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Good you have nice photos! :) My Great-Grandpa fought in both World Wars and his son, my Grandpa fought in WW2.
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Amazing re: both father and son in the war. My photos go back to the 1880s--they seem more durable than today's digital ones!
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They are, much better than digital.
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WW1 was supposed to be the War to End All Wars.
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They waited till most all WW2 Vets gone b4 they try for WW3 :(
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