This is a call out to the Shuvalov family:
Many years ago, in my 20's (I am now 59) - Emailing was quite new back then, I contacted a member of the Shuvalov family via email under my married surname "Link", and gave salutation and thanks to them for sheltering my father after he had skated across the ice from the Tsarskoe Selo area in Winter.
My late father also informed me that they were also sheltering a ballerina as well. I gave the Shuvalov family my late Fathers name and address.
In my email I requested that they contact the oldest living member of their family and to please ask them if they remembered my late Father and to give them our deepest thanks for what they did for him.
My father never knew that I had done this for him.
Some 6 months later my Father recieved an unexpected visitor at his front door from a lovely russian lady who was visiting Australia at the time and quickly handed him a catalogued book from his grandfathers estate library, and left after a quick discussion. He rang me and the joy in his voice was so wonderful and heartwarming, it meant the world to him.
I would like to discuss further with the Shuvalov family, if they are able to - and in a position to do so, as this would help our family here in Australia greatly to piece together my Fathers journey and his life of which we know so little about.
Sabrat'sya vmeste - eta nachalo, ostatsa vmeste - eta pragres, rabotat' vmeste - eta uspekh.
