I AM EKATERINA....PRINCESS OF RUSSIA....
I WAS BORN IN 1904 AT THE FAMILY ESTATE VESELY PODOL LOCATED NEAR POLTAVA IN THE UKRAINE....
MY FATHER PRINCE MESHCHERSKAYA HAD VAST INTERESTS AND OWNED
VAST LANDS AND ESTATES IN RUSSIA....
MY MOTHER WAS BORN EKATERINA PORFIRIEVNA PODBORSKAYA AND WAS ALSO NOBILITY....
I HAVE LIVED PAST THE HORRIBLE REVOLUTION OF 1917 AND INTO THE CURRENT TIMES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION....
AFTER THE REVOLUTION MOTHER AND I WANDERED ABOUT MOSCOW WITH NO FOOD AND NO WHERE TO SLEEP....
FINALLY TAKING JOBS AS KITCHEN WORKERS WE FOUND SHELTER....
WE WERE TOLD EVERYWHERE WE WENT.....
"THERE ARE NO JOBS FOR PRINCESSES HERE"
I AM NOW OLD AND LOOK FONDLY BACK ON MY CHILDHOOD....
SUCH TIMES WILL NEVER BE AGAIN....