Lidia Korotina's grandmother Maria Abramovna Korotina, father Matvey Korotin, grandfather Yefim (Haim) Korotin, and her grandfather's parents

This photo shows my father, Matvey Korotin, in the middle, with his parents, my grandmother Maria Abramovna Korotina and my grandfather Yefim (Haim) Korotin, and, the foreground, my grandfather's parents. My grandparents had five sons and two daughters: Yefrem, my father Matvey (I asked my grandfather once 'Why did you name him Matvey?' and he said it was really 'Mordukhay'), Basia, or Bertha (that's how she was called in the family), Isaak, Moisei and their younger daughter Fima. My father was born in 1893. During World War I, he was a private in the army and he and his older brother Froim (Yefrem) were captured. During their captivity they had do to meaningless work, like moving stones from one corner to another.