This cheerful Russian childrens' book about the lands of the former Soviet Union has this informative box:

This cheerful Russian childrens' book about the lands of the former Soviet Union has this informative box:

How did Auntie Gelya become a refugee?

Because of the most horrible reason -- war. In war, it's not just soldiers who die, but peaceful civilians too, from hunger, disease, bullets and shells.

Right now there's a war in Ukraine, so Auntie Gelya lives with us. Auntie Gelya is an involuntary refugee. But we hope that the war ends soon and that we will be able to just visit one another as before.

There were several such "How did Auntie/Uncle XXX become a refugee?" boxes for other lands.