My      grandfather      Franz

Iosifovitch   Rusetsky  was  born  in
Poltava region (Ukraine) in 1886. His
father,   Pole  Iosif  Rusetsky,  was
working   at  the  railways.  He  was
second  son  in  a  family of 14-teen
children.   He   was   married   with
Ukrainian      Christenko     Matrena
Nikitichna  and  came  to Romny town,
where  they  born  two daughters Vera
and  Galina Rusetsky. After political
upheaval  in  October  1917 there was
Polish   and  Jewish  persecution  in
Ukraine.   In  order  to  rescue  his
family Franz came to Saint-Petersburg
in  1921. Where he started working in
group  of  engineers and inventors at
car  repairing  factory  named  after
Egorov.  At  the  same  time  he  was
convinced   to  become  a  member  of