Maria Komarovskaya’s uncle (maternal) Semen Bezprozvanny with his son Marik, and her younger brother Moisey Bezprozvanny.

From left to right: mother's brother Semen (Shimon) Bezprozvanny (wearing military uniform) with his son Marik, and my mother's younger brother Moisey Bezprozvanny. As I've already said, my mother was the eldest child. After her her brother Semen, or Shimon was born. He was born in 1904. Semen was a military man and a political leader. Prior to the war he was an officer, then he was sent to Western Ukraine when it was annexed. He has gone through the whole Second World War and after the war he served in the occupational troops in Germany for a long time. The fifth son was Moisey, Misha, born in 1915. He graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute right before the war. He worked as an engineer at a military plant. He spent the whole war working at that plant and after the war was the main specialist there. Mother's brother Semen (Shimon) Bezprozvanny spent all his life as a military. He died in 1974. Brother Moisey spent all the war working at a military plant. His wife was working with him. He and his wife met in the university. Moisey died in 1978 in Kiev.