The Thin Thread of Destiny by Lara Prodan

Vladimir, who came to America for training, accidentally meets a beautiful Daria, whose parents are struck by the similarity of a young man to a woman known to Daria's father. The situation becomes frighteningly mysterious and strange after Vladimir is seeing an old photograph taken 95 years ago and exported from Russia. The story details the life of the russian family, spanning four generations, and tracing the post-revolution social and political upheavals of Russia.