Lidia smirnova actress biography
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Moscow has been home to Lidia Smirnova for as long as she can remember.
Lidia smirnova actress biography
She was born in Ukraine, her mother’s region, shortly after the end of World War II. Her father, from Siberia, had served five years in the thick of the fighting, on the Soviet side. “He was wounded twice, but was really lucky to be saved with his life,” says Lidia.
He was also very lucky to be stopped in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, on his way from Germany to Japan. In that summer, 1945, he met Lidia’s mother.
“The life during this turbulence, many strange and interesting things can happen when people continue to reshape their life,” Lidia says.
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“A huge amount of people moved in different directions on the large territory of Soviet Union, and often disappeared.”
Luckily for Lidia’s parents, the turbulence was at its end. Her father was sent to a Moscow military academy to continue his education, and his young family came with him.
Lidia remembers her childhood there fondly. “