This photograph, taken in 1945, shows the children and caretakers of the Polish orphanage in Staevo in the Michurinsky district, Tambov region, Komi ASRS. Also accompanying them was Maria Halina Wołągiewiczowa, née Kozaryn, widow of tax official Fabian Wołągiewicz, a victim of the Katyn Massacre, who was relocated there. Previously she had worked intermittently since May 1942 as a teacher and tutor at the orphanage in Votcha. In the summer of 1945, the orphanage was moved from Staevo to Oblovka in the Tambov region. Maria Wołągiewicz was repatriated to Poland along with her children in March-April 1946. The photograph also shows a juvenile Ryszard Wołągiewicz (Maria’s son), who was later to become a prominent archaeologist, and among the guardians – Piotr Wojciechowski. Unfortunately, so far the other people have not been identified. Perhaps someone can help us to put a name to those faces?