Kutuzov family history

I've been doing a little bit of delving into my family history over the last year or so, and it's yielded some interesting results. Tales of Communist v Tzarist battles, Cossack warlords, indigenous Australian history and even apparently some French blood. :o

Firstly, I thought I'd start with the Kutuzov side, and some easy background. My dad is Russian from Harbin (North-eastern China). My babushka (grandmother) is alive, but my dyedushka (grandfather) died when I was about 2. Here's my dyedushka with my dad:



And here's my babushka in her first ball gown:



Subsequent history posts will have amusing stories too. Don't fear this will become an exercise in slide-show-death-by-blog.