Jane Bragg and the Samovar that Carries Her Surprising Family History from Kiev to SF

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Jane Bragg
Jane Bragg

Jane Bragg, one of the world’s great storytellers, is back with another, this one about a samovar that led to the discovery of some unexpected family history details about her grandfather who was possibly a guard to the Czar of Russia, a world by and large closed to Jews and also her not uncommon relationship to Genghis Khan. To listen to Jane tell this story is a treat not just for the joy, candor and gusto she puts into every story (and conversation) but for the realization that even a small item can have a huge personally historical reach. Her love letter? So many possibilities like to the relatives who passed away without knowing this unusual family history, Jane’s part in re-discovering it and what her life is now in San Francisco so removed from the Siberia of her ancestors.

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