I was born and live in Minsk, Belarus (1982).
My grand father came from St.Peteburgs to town Lida right after the war (1942-45), were his relatives lived. Hi was medic, just like my father.
So, we all are distant relatives.
I've created a group devoted to our family tree and invite you to post photos and stories there
http://groups.google.com/group/yakimovich/topics?hl=en