Looking at beautiful and happy faces of the kids it is difficult to believe that they used to live at orphanages once. Now they are adopted and have families of their own.
Luybasha, 2005, at an orphanage. And another photo in a year.
Danya in 5 months after he was taken from the orphanage.
Alyosha never smiled before. Now he has a mom.
Manya was waiting for her mom. She is a princess now.
Marusya, in one month after she had left the orphanage.
First encounter, in a month, in a year.
A photo from a personal data file, photos from a family album.
Do you see how Zhenya changed after she was adopted?
A photo from a regional database and another photo taken at home.
Katya in her own house and Katya at an orphanage.
Compare the photos of Marusel yourself!
In half a year.
Maria is very happy that she has found parents.
A haircut at an orphanage and curly hair at home.
On the first, small photo you see a child who is 2 days old and is left in the hospital. The second photo shows him after 9 month staying at home.
Jan used to be nobody’s kid with the eyes of an adult. Now he is his Mom’s pride.
Can you believe now that Andrey has been adopted?
Oleg was a shay kid with sad eyes while at an orphanage. Now he is a kind, noisy and curious boy whose weight increases fast.
Nastya was weak at an orphanage. After adoption the weight gain was obvious and fast.
The girl was scared of everyone. Now she is loved and taken care of.
The baby used to cry all the time. Not any more.
Nikita: ‘I have been waiting for my mother for such a long time. Finally I am at home’
Dima.
Irina. 1 year old – in the hospital. 4 years old – in the yard of her parent’s house.
Vasya.
Vasya is a nice and very kind boy. His new parents are happy to have such a son.
Personal file data: ‘Shy, slim, weak’. Do you see the difference?
Platon stayed at the orphanage for half a year. Now he is 11 months old and has a loving mom.
First day at home. 2 years and 6 months. 9 years old. The girl is very good at math and is a winner of Moscow Math Olympiad.
First photos of Lyuba and Ilyusha were taken in 2006 while at an orphanage. The second photo was taken in 2 months after they were adopted. And the last photo – in 1 year. Parents feel that the kids have always been theirs.
Kristina’s mother: ‘I want everybody to know how happy I am. My son adores his sister and she loves him too. Our relatives and friends present her new toys every day. I am really happy!’
Marusya’s mom: ‘The girl is wonderful. And the main thing is that she is ours. As soon as I saw her photo on the site, my husband and I started collecting documents fast. She has been waiting for us for 2 years and 1 month. Thank you for our daughter’.
‘We adopted Misha when he was 11 years old. He has been with us for 8 months and we are very happy. He is a caring elder brother and loving son’
‘Igor stopped being sad at home, his eyes are shining now’
‘Our daughter has been with us 1,5 months but she changed a lot. We all love her very much’
‘Vika was very sad but is happy now’
‘Yaroslava has celebrated her second birthday at home. Our friends say that she is an exception and kids at orphanages are different, but we know that they are wrong and there are many nice kids there’
Sonya is very sociable and makes friends easily. The kid is just wonderful.
‘I want to thank you for my son who has been with us just for a month. But I feel he has always been mine, I just don’t remember him being born… We all love the little wonder’
Marina at an orphanage and 2 years after she was adopted.
‘I am sending you a photo of my daughter. When I adopted her, her weight was 7 kg. In 3 weeks after that we started walking, playing and smiling. Now she is 2 years old. She can talk and is very beautiful. Thank you for making us happy’
Polina was adopted 1 year and 3 months ago.
Olya and Olesya.
Danila’s parents: ‘We are not against of placing this photo on your site. We never conceal the fact that our son was adopted. While at an orphanage Danila could not even walk fast. In 6 months after adoption he can talk and goes in for sports.’
‘We adopted Sasha in 2005 and there was no person in the world whom we loved more until we adopted a girl Kaya in 2006. The children are always together now. They refuse to sleep in separate rooms.’
Lyuda is 4 years old now.
Seryozha spent at an orphanage 10 months of his life. He is 1 year old now.
After staying at home for 3 months.
8 months ago the girl refused to cry and laugh. She is a different person now.
‘Sasha is 2,5. He was adopted 1 year ago. We became a happy family after the adoption’.
Liza’s mom writes: ‘I talked to women who had adopted their kids, looked at the photos of the children and made a correct decision. My daughter Liza will be 2 years old soon’
‘When we saw our Anya for the first time, she was 3 years old. The next photo was taken in 2007’
Polina.
‘I wanted to write so many things but changed my mind later. Just look at the photos and you will understand everything. Our daughter has been with us for 9 months.’
Katya was adopted 6 month ago.
Seryozha was taken from an orphanage 6 months ago.
‘When I saw a photo of a crying girl on the net, I couldn’t stopped crying myself until she came to our house. I could not even dream that time that such a wonderful person could come to our house’
Vika.
1 year after adoption.
‘Vika has changed in a week after adoption. We waited for difficulties but got a wonder instead’.
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Nastya in 2 months after adoption. ‘We cant’ imagine our life without her’
Dima.
Monika in 1 year after adoption.
Svetlana.
The baby changed very fast and turned into a princess soon.
Liza was adopted 2 years ago.
Alisa, in 5 months after adoption.
There is no a better present than a piece of your heart…
via asaratov
Let us hope the adoptions were organized by caring and charitable people and not by greedy white meat trade agency.
Who cares who they were organized by if the kids are happy and in good homes? You’d let these kids rot if it didn’t fit your agenda.
Some people are just so cynical! But, yeah…
God bless these children
but
HEY!!!!!! this is a repeat article from a few years ago !!!!!
no problem with publicity for our lost children …. but !!!!!
ER has gotten lazy. They routinely recycle stories and photos that they already featured months or years ago.
‘Scuse me…I think I have something in my eye. *wipes tear*
The Bolsheviks were very thoughtful in adopting war and Civil War orphans in the 1920s.
I cried a bit when I saw this. I was happy the difficult start in life has been improved.
Heart-breaking at first then heart-warming after!
Some old pics from old ER articles, yeah. I recognized the studious pen-holding cutie patootie.
It’s so good to see the children being adopted. My father grew up in an orphanage, which affected his relationship with us, his children.
very inspiring article, but id be afraid orphans from russia would have reactive attachment disorder or FAS/FAE. if i knew they would be relatively healthy and wouldn’t have either of these, i would definitely adopt from russia in the future!