My great great grandparents, Lev and Bertha.

Traditional Russian handpainted wooden napkin rings.

Pin from a Russian school uniform worn by my mom.

My parents, Samuil and Irina, holding me and my sister Simona in Moscow, 1988.

My sister's baby shoe.

My first ice cream.

Me and my sister celebrating our first New Years in the United States.

I begin to learn English and to sew.

Simona and me in front of Parliament in Vienna.

A Russian book, The Frog Prince.

My grandfather Izya and my mom Irina help with my first steps in Rome, Italy.

My grandparents, 2005.