[LargeFormat] The Czar's Photographer

[philip lambert]

>
> My paternal grandparents were from Belaruse and used the name Kaliushkin.
I
> was lucky to know them as I was growing up.  Jews didn't have it easy
under
> the czar so my grandparents never expressed nostalgia for the days before
> the revolution.
>
Three of my grandparents camer from Belarus about 100-120 years ago, all
long dead. I took a course in Russian history - most people had it bad under
the czars!PL