Background
Ovechkina, Nina was born in 1937.
Ovechkina, Nina was born in 1937.
Held the honoured title of Hero Mother for having given birth to 10 children whom she then brought up alone in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. 7 of her children became famous as the Seven Simeons Jazz Ensemble. She was shot by her sons during an unsuccessful and dramatic attempt by the Seven Simeons to hijack a Tu-154 to the West.