How Russian son traced father to Dar

Denis Krupenev (kneeling second left) and his wife (standing second left) with some of his Tanzanian relatives when he visited Tanzania in 2013.PHOTO|COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • One year after he went back to Russia from the Tanzania his father, Shambogo William Isaiah Kitundu, died, Denis told The Citizen in an interview last month.
  • In 1980, Elena Krupenev who hails from the Smolensk Region met Kitundu while he was studying medicine in Pyatigorsk, a city located south-western Russia. Elena was then studying a course on foreign languages.