my granny's journal
Nov. 24th, 2004 09:14 amDIPPING INTO MEMORY
She was born to a wealthy and highly placed Russian family, many of whose members served the Czar as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers. But when the war broke out between Russia and Japan she trained to be a
nurse and went off to the frontline in order to serve her country. She wound up being Florence Nightingale at the siege of Port Arthur. Her name was ( ... )
She was born to a wealthy and highly placed Russian family, many of whose members served the Czar as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers. But when the war broke out between Russia and Japan she trained to be a
nurse and went off to the frontline in order to serve her country. She wound up being Florence Nightingale at the siege of Port Arthur. Her name was ( ... )