(1) Helen Zaharoff
(2) Corinne Ellery
(3) Irina (Ira) Smirnoff
(4) ? Reubens
(5) Michael Koodiaroff
(6) Lois Reubens
(7) Nina (Lyalya) Smirnoff
(8) Alex (Sasha) Smirnoff
(9) Colleen Smith
Balia was my grandmother, Anna Nozadze. In Russian, one calls the grandmother "Baba" followed by their first name. When I was small, I couldn't say Baba Anya - it came out as Balia, and all family members and close friends called her by that
Nina Smirnoff was the mother of the three Smirnoff children shown here.
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My grandmother taught Mike Koodiaroff
My grandmother, Mrs Anna Nozadze, taught young Michael Koodiaroff the piano after the war.
This photo was taken after my grandmother's pupils' concert at the Peninsula Hotel in 1951 and shows Mike and a few other white Russian children.
Names of the pupils ...
(1) Helen Zaharoff
(2) Corinne Ellery
(3) Irina (Ira) Smirnoff
(4) ? Reubens
(5) Michael Koodiaroff
(6) Lois Reubens
(7) Nina (Lyalya) Smirnoff
(8) Alex (Sasha) Smirnoff
(9) Colleen Smith
Balia was my grandmother, Anna Nozadze. In Russian, one calls the grandmother "Baba" followed by their first name. When I was small, I couldn't say Baba Anya - it came out as Balia, and all family members and close friends called her by that
Nina Smirnoff was the mother of the three Smirnoff children shown here.