

Childhood

Galina Prokopenko – Rodion’s mother – 1939

Galina Prokopenko and Rodion in first grade

Rodion – 6 yrs. Old

Rodion leading the parade, playing the horn. 1953 г.

Galina Prokopenko (teacher) with her students

Rodion in first grade and in the first row – School No.34, Dniepropietrovsk

Galina Prokopenko in the early sixties

Rodion (first row) and his mother, grandmother, aunts, and cousins

Galina Prokopenko – school teacher.

Galina Prokopenko in the park.

Galina and her students

Rodion – first on the left side of second row – 3 grade.

Rodion at twelve in the park.

Galina grading her students papers

Rodion at 13 – his first acting attempt.

Galina in the early fifties.

Rabotchia Street, Dniepropietrovsk – where Rodion spent his childhood.

Galina writing her journals.

Dmitry Brozinsky - Rodion’s first acting teacher.

Galina – doing what she loves best – reading.

Rodion at 14, performing in a school play.

Rodion at a rehearsal for the school play, fourth, from the right.

Galina on a street in Dniepropetrovsk.

Rodion’s document photo for his first role portraying young Lenin.

Rodion filming his first documentary.

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