Stoyanov Aleksandr & Stoyanova Ludmila ; Son: Aleksandr ; Daughter: Yevdokimova Olga (Stoyanova); Daughter: Marchuk Nina (Stoyanova)

Stoyanov, Aleksandr Stoyanov, Lyudmila Marchuk (Stoyanova), Nina Stoyanova, Olga Stoyanov, Aleksandr Aleksandr Stoyanov, his wife, Lyudmila, and their children, Nina, Olga and Aleksandr, lived in the village of Poplavskoye, Odessa District (today Poplavske, Odesa District). Olga Stoyanova was a student in the Grossulovo high school, and one of her classmates was Riva Broitman. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, Olga returned to her home and lost touch with Riva. One evening, in March 1944, Riva knocked on the door of the Stoyanov home. She told them everything that happened to her from the day the Germans and Romanians invaded Ukraine until she fled from the Karlovka labor camp in Domanevka county, Odessa District, when the guards set fire to the camp huts. Riva succeeded in escaping the burning hut and for two days walked southward, in the hope of arriving at the village of Poplavskoye where her friend Olga Stoyanova lived. Despite the danger involved in helping Jews, all the members of the Stoyanov family were determined to save Riva’s life. They dressed her in the clothes of a Ukrainian peasant and covered her dark hair with a colorful kerchief. Since there were no convenient places in the house where Riva could hide, they decided instead of hiding her, to pass her off as a relative. Riva stayed in the Stoyanov home for a month, avoided appearing in public and tried not to come into contact with the neighbors. Nevertheless, a local policeman learned of her presence and came to the Stoyanov family to ask who she was. Thanks to the courage and persuasiveness of Aleksandr Stoyanov, the policeman left Riva alone. For many years after the liberation, in April 1944, Riva maintained friendly ties with her rescuers. On November 21, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Aleksandr and Lyudmila Stoyanov, Nina Stoyanova Marchuk, Olga Stoyanova and Aleksandr Stoyanov, as Righteous Among the Nations.