During the Spanish Civil War, fearing for their families' lives, Spanish Republican freedom fighters sent their children to the Soviet Union. They believed that the children would be safe and would soon be able to return home. No one imagined that they would live in the Soviet Union for over 20 years, many eventually marrying Russian partners and creating their own new families there. Jaime Camino finds these children, who are now in their eighties, and asks them to retell their journey to and life in the Soviet Union. Generously, with complete candor, sometimes with sadness and often with humor, they tell us what really happened to The Children of Russia.

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