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Updated: May 31, 2025
Once finished with the Balkan war, Nelka returned again to America and joined her aunt Martha in Washington. She brought Tibi back with her and here a tragic event took place which had a decisive influence on both Nelka's and my life.
But as a child her mother wanted to bring her up as a Russian even though in many ways this was difficult, for there were no relatives and few connections left in Russia, her mother did not speak the language and all ties and connections were in America. Because of this conflict of attachments, Nelka's mother and she traveled many times back and forth between Europe and America.
We then proceeded by way of Stockholm and Oslo to the United States sailing on the Stavangerfiord for New York early in February of 1919. Upon our arrival in America we went to Washington where we stayed with Nelka's Aunt and Uncle.
Batum in the meantime had been occupied by the Bolshevik forces and therefore Nelka's position became very precarious. She argued with the captain but he said he had a cargo to pick up and that he was going in. The first thing Nelka did was to hide her identification papers, her passport and visas. Better to have nothing than to be found out as a White Russian.
But decide she did and so one day early in September 1918 we went to Tsarskoe Selo, an hour by train from Petrograd where an old aunt of mine lived. We were married in a church there with just a handful of friends in attendance. Nelka wore a white sister's uniform for her wedding dress. My old aunt who was very fond of Nelka took off a gold bracelet she wore and put it on Nelka's arm.
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