Woman Finds 30,000 Negatives In Her Expired Mother’s Attic Revealing Soviet Union’s Mysterious Past

By Shweta Srivastava

The year is 2017 and Asya Ivashintsova-Melkumyan is busy cleaning the clutter from her ancestral home. She suddenly stumbled upon something that she never expected she would find. A big box full of images that tell the story of her mother’s turbulent life. What she doesn’t know is that the images also shed a revealing light on the lives of people in the Soviet Union. Wait until you find out the secrets hidden deep.

Childhood

Asya was born to a linguist named Melvar Melkumyan and Masha Ivashintsova. She was supposed to have a normal childhood like the other kids but fate had something else planned for her. Both her parents loved Aysa but sadly failed to love each other. This led to a setback in Aysa’s life that left a hollow very deep.