 |  | | | Stephanie Williams | 17 June 2005 | | |
On writing the story of her Russian grandmother’s dramatic and eventful life
In 1921, Olga Yunter, a merchant’s daughter from a small town in Siberia was studying at the university in Vladivostock, when her father wrote to warn her that the Red Army would soon arrive in the city. He told her to leave the country at once: to take the train to Tientsin in China, just south of Beijing, and seek refuge with family friends. Just twenty-one, Olga sewed her jewels into the hem of her petticoat, and went. She was never to see her family again.
Martha talks to Stephanie Williams about her 10-year quest to discover the true story of her grandmother’s life in Russia and China, at the centre of some of the twentieth century’s most turbulent events.
Olga's Story
Published by Viking
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