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Submitted by Marian De Saxe

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 10/14/2026 4:20 PM
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I inherited a photo of a woman with Russian writing on the back. I think this might be my great grandmother as a young woman but do not know. I'd very much appreciate a translation of the complete text, Many thanks indeed.

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10/16/2026 7:35 AM Поневеж. *) 5 августа 1912 года.
На добрую, вечную память
Гэрту Пейперт
от друга
Гите Лякус.
*)ПАНЕВЕ́ЖИС (в 1795–1917 гг. — Поневеж), город в Литве.
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Ponevezh. *) August 5, 1912.
For a good, eternal memory
Gert Peiper
from a friend
Gita Lyakus.
*) PANEVĖŽYS (in 1795–1917 — Ponevezh), a city in Lithuania.
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