Роменська Мадонна · 1973

Romenskaya Madonna

Name: Romenskaya Madonna
Director: Anatoly Slesarenko
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1973-01-01
Duration: 26 min

Anatoly Slesarenko · 26 min · Soviet Union

Documentary

Oleksandra Derevskaya was a Ukrainian war nurse and foster mother who, together with her husband, adopted 65 children, of whom she raised 48 to adulthood. She worked as the director of an orphanage, and was posthumously awarded the title of "Mother-Heroine".