Sixty years ago, Boris and Anna Kozlov were married for only three days before he had to ship out with his Red Army unit. When he returned, Anna and her family was gone - exiled to Siberia by Stalin's purges.
Then one day, on a chance encounter, they found each other again!
“I thought my eyes were playing games with me,” Anna said. “I saw this familiar looking man approaching me, his eyes gazing at me. My heart jumped. I knew it was him. I was crying with joy.”
Now 80 years old, Boris had returned to visit his parents’ grave. As he stepped out of the car, he looked up to see Anna standing by her old house, where they had lived for the few days after the wedding.
“I ran up to her and said: 'My darling, I’ve been waiting for you for so long. My wife, my life...’”
Link - Thanks Nina!
How come he didn't die in the Goulag? Know what? They were getting soft.
Not true, I was cynical far before the net :P
Imagine the difference between being reunited after you've long given up and being reunited after always keeping this person in your heart.
Some people are irreplaceable.
Perhaps this story would've been more believable if it turned out that they were twins separated at birth.
Ah, so it seems that the Interweb has made cynics of us all!