Today is a significant holiday both in the former USSR and the USA. Of course, Mother’s Day is being celebrated in the USA but in Ukraine and other former Soviet countries May 9th is “Victory Day” over the Axis powers of WWII.
“Glory Hill in Cherkassy, Christina’s hometown, is a memorial to those who died in WWII.
Honor guard stands before this wall memorializing the victims of WWII. Over 20,000,000 Soviet citizens died in this tragic war!
Christina’s father with “Glory Hill behind him.
Christina’s mother on top of “Glory Hill” with the Dnieper river behind her.
