Author's description of the project:

Little girl Vera Zenko from Volozhin was chasing the wagon used by German soldiers to take away her pregnant mother during World War II. They felt sorry for her and threw her off the wagon. Vera was 91 when we first met. She called her life "last seasons" and told her biography through what was in her wardrobe.

I met Vera in the small Belarusian town of Volozhin in 2017, she was going to the pharmacy. Vera had an outstanding appearance, which not all Belarusian women would allow themselves to have. She wore oversized sunglasses, a plaid dress, purple socks and shoes. It was love at first sight. I approached her to introduce myself, and five minutes later I was sitting at the table in her house, and she showed me her outfits and told me their story. Later, I visited Vera several times in Volozhin, staying with her for the night.

She lived all her life in the small town of Volozhin, which in different historical eras was part of the Russian Empire, Poland, the Soviet Union and now the Republic of Belarus. Her 4 brothers and sisters went to Ukraine and Belarus. Vasil and Olga have already left this life, leaving Nina and the youngest Galina. Their parents were of peasant origin — the mother worked on the land, and the father was "literate" and worked in local authorities, as we would call them now. Vera stayed in her hometown — she got married here, took the surname of her husband Perepech, gave birth to three children, worked and raised her grandchildren.

Once Vera told me that she was living her last seasons, when every spring could be the last. Vera was not afraid to grow old. Her whole life was in her wardrobe: each dress had its touching and moving story, its own memory.

Vera passed away in February 2021. I have never met such a bright and kind woman as Vera.