Creating Fiction from History: 11/30/2022

Technically, Anya wasn't Russian. Though she had lived in a rural area just south of Moscow since she was three, Anya Mussorgsky was actually from the good ole U.S. of A. She had been adopted by Russian diplomat and statesman Maxim Petrov Mussorgsky and his wife, Lady Katarina, during a routine visit to New York City.

At the time, New York City was still a gathering point for much of the growing world's political business. As the young couple was not able to have children of their own, they decided adoption was their only avenue.

Originally, the couple had planned upon return from their visit...