After she bribed the Soviet border guards , they waded across the Bug River into Poland , arriving in early May , 1921 .
She 'd taken her two children , Irina aged seven and Leon aged two , and her mother of sixty - four years .
After she bribed the Soviet border guards , children waded across the Bug River into Poland , arriving in early May , 1921 .
She 'd taken her two children , Irina aged seven and Leon aged two , and her mother of sixty - four years .