Turka

A member of a devout Catholic family, she, her five siblings and their widowed mother hid a Jewish family, the Sieferts, in a town then known as Turka (now Ukraine), for almost two years during the war.

Heather Robinson: Humanity in a Time of Inhumanity 2009

Kim's motorcade left town in the direction of Turka, a picturesque village on the shores of Baikal.

Kim Jong-il visits Russia for talks with Dmitry Medvedev 2011

We ended up at a Turkish restaurant, A La Turka, and we had SO MUCH FUN!

DAYS 52-55: “Mommy! I’m Scared!” 2010

There were signs that preparations were being made for Kim to visit Turka.

Kim Jong-il visits Russia for talks with Dmitry Medvedev 2011

Once or twice we saw horsemen in the distance, on the low rocky barchans, and I heard for the first time names like "Kazak" and "Turka", but they kept a safe distance.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

When Rozia Siefert was a little girl in 1942, the Jews of Turka were ordered to move into the Samberg ghetto.

Heather Robinson: Humanity in a Time of Inhumanity 2009

It is walled in by mountains: the narrow Primorskiy and Baikalskiy ranges to the west, the Barguzinskiy and Ulan-Bagasy ranges on the east and the Khamar Daban mountains in the south. 335 main tributaries flow in from these, the largest rivers being the Selenga, Turka, Barguzin and Upper Angara.

Lake Baikal Basin, Russian Federation 2008

How confused I felt when at that moment Turka stepped from the undergrowth (he had been following the hounds as they ran along the edges of the wood)!

Childhood 2003

AT the head of the cavalcade rode Turka, on a hog-backed roan.

Childhood 2003

I could hear the hounds retreating into the distance, and baying along the further side of the wood as they pursued the hare, while Turka rallied them with blasts on his gorgeous horn: yet I did not stir.

Childhood 2003