What a fantastic story... Reminds me of the famous and rather moving "Brother Orange" story from a couple of years back [0]

[0] - https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/i-followed-my-stolen-iphone-...

Really moving story for this Dmitry :), amazing to see the author go to all this work to find and document a great moment in life.

We're so busy with the horrible news coming out from around the world that we need this once in a while to remind us of our common humanity.

Only 6 weeks to find a boy amongst 7.6 Billion humans with pictures taken 30 years ago. The power of the Internet is indeed humbling.

Heartwarming story. That uniform was still in use several years after Soviet Union collapsed. The only thing that was missing was the poineer scarf. I have pictures of my "first bell" at school wearing the same uniform in 1992.

I loved my pioneer scarf, too bad that they decided to ban their use (I’m not from the former USSR, but from a neighboring communist country)

Loathed the scarf. Having to iron it every evening was a chore. And all that blatant propaganda attached - “it has the same color as our flag, the color of the blood our heroic ancestors spilled for our future”. Ugh!

Best thing I've found via HN for months (years?)

Things like this surface from time to time, but if this is the kind of content you're out after, HN is probably not the right place to be looking. Although is nice with it sometimes.

What a great story! When I first moved in with my wife and was cleaning some stuff out to make room, I found a bunch of rolls of undeveloped film and had them developed. There was no mystery as to who owned them, but the surprise at seeing photos she forgot she had taken was really fun to watch.

I love these stories. They are wonderful, and heartwarming, and they remind me to keep in mind that the people on the other side of a news story are human beings as well.

Fantastic story! Thanks to the author for being willing to share it one more time.