One of my grandfathers, IVAN Anisimovich Bogdanov (1926), born in Voronezh province, married to ANNA Nikolayevna Alferova (1930) of Kuban’ Cossacks, made a military career and served in Caucasus region over 1944-1951. The other grandfather, STEPAN Filippovich Ponitkov (1909), was a railroader, marri…
