Kusnezov, Nikita

Nikita Kusnezov was a native of Ukraine by chance. His paternal grandfather was a railroad engineer. He had just finished his work on the Trans Siberian railroad and was on his way with his family to his next job. Stepping off the train at the Kharkov Central Station to purchase a newspaper, the headline "Czar Nicholas II has abdicated" meant that he and his family had reached the end of the line. Thus the new job would not be forthcoming and the family settled where the train stopped. Nikita's line claims descent from an aristocratic family of St.Petersburg and a relation as the great grandne...