27-year-old Ulyana Cherkashina plays the piano at her apartment in Krasnodar. A music school teacher from Maikop, Anna Cherkashina is bringing up two own and seven adopted daughters all alone.

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Ulyana (27) with her newborn daughter Yaroslava in their apartment in Krasnodar. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina visits her daughter Ulyana (27) in Krasnodar. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina and Polina (20) with Yaroslava, the newborn daughter of Ulyana (27). Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Polina (20) and Yaroslava, the newborn daughter of Ulyana (27), in Ulyana's apartment in Krasnodar. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina cuts the bangs of Natalya (13) in their house in Maykop. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina, Natalya (13), Angelina (15), Natalya (7) and Olga (9) during a picnic near Azishskaya Cave. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna (20), Natalya (7), Olga (9), Vanessa (15) and Natalya (13) wash their hands before a picnic near Azishskaya Cave. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) on the Lagonaki Plateau in the Maykop district, the Republic of Adygea. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11), Olga (9), Angelina (15) and Natalya (7) on the Lagonaki Plateau in the Maykop district, the Republic of Adygea. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Nine-year-old Olga in Khadzhokhskaya Gorge on the Belaya River. A music teacher, Anna Cherkashina is bringing up nine daughters on her own: two of her own and seven fostered.

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From left: Anna (20) Anna Cherkashina, Polina (20), Natalya (7), Olga (9), Angelina (11), Natalya (13) and Angelina (15) look at a dolmen outside of Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9), Vanessa (15) and Natalya (7) in the yard of their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11) makes pancakes in her house in Maikop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Natalya (7), Anna Cherkashina, Natalya (13), Angelina (11) and Olga (9) have lunch in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna (20) in her one-bedroom apartment in a new residential building on the outskirts of Maykop. Anna is one of the adopted children of Anna Cherkashina. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Vanessa (15), left, visits her sister Anna (20) in her one-bedroom apartment in new residential building on the outskirts of Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) and Anna Cherkashina look at a parrot at an exhibition of exotic animals in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Natalya (13), Angelina (15) and Olga (9) plays with a monkey at an exhibition of exotic animals in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) watches a Komodo dragon at an exhibition of exotic animals in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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From left: Angelina (11), Vanessa (15), Olga (9), Natalya (13), Anna Cherkashina and Natalya (7) enjoy cotton candy during a stroll in Maykop's city park. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Seven-year-old Natalya on a ride in Maykop's city park. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Seven-year-old Natalya during a stroll in Maykop's city park. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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From left: twenty-year-old Anna, thirteen-year-old Natalya, fifteen-year-old Angelina, nine-year-old Olga, Anna Cherkashina, seven-year-old Natalya, 15-year-old Vanessa, 11-year-old Angelina and 20-year-old Polina in the yard of their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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From left: fifteen-year-old Vanessa, eleven-year-old Angelina, seven-year-old Natalya, nine-year-old Olga, twenty-year-old Anna and twenty-year-old Polina on the porch of their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11) combs Olga's (9) hair in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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The Ledentsov family with adopted children visit the Cherkashins. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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The Ledentsov family with adopted children visit the Cherkashins. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11), Natalya (7) Polina (20) and Olga (9) rehearse the home musical "Mozart" in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina gives a music lesson to Vanessa (15) in their house in Maykop. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11), Olga (9) and Natalya (7) practice music in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) near a window in her house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina mends children's clothes in her house in Maykop. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (15) helps Natalya (7) with homework in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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From left: Olga (9), Natalya (7) and Anna Cherkashina in their house in Maykop. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11) and Natalya (13) on the way to school. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Angelina (11) comes home after a walk with cat Gorely. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) does the dishes after dinner in her house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Natalya (7), Anna (20) and their mother, Anna Cherkashina, have dinner in their house in Maykop. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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From left: Angelina (11), Vanessa (15), Natalya (13), Angelina (15), Olga (9) and Natalya (7) have dinner in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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From left: Olga (9), Angelina (11) and Natalya (7) watch TV in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina give a music lesson to Natalya (13) in their house in Maykop. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9), left, and Natalya (7) at a computer in their house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) on a tree in the yard of her house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Olga (9) in the yard of her house in Maykop. Anna Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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Anna Cherkashina and her daughter Polina (20) on Lagonaki Plateau in the Maykop district, Republic of Adygea. Cherkashina, a single mom and music teacher from Maykop, raises nine daughters. Two of them are Cherkashina's biological children and seven are adopted.

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