Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachevwas born in 1912 in a small town, Kalach, situated deep inside Russia.  Ninety years ago Kalach was not even a town – just a beautiful Cossack village on the black soil not far from Voronezh. In spring the town is pink and white with blooming orchards.  In summer it looks white as it is so hot at noon that you can hardly see other colors. There is a white-painted hut with blue shutters in Kalach. During the years of the revolution the house accommodated the staff of Budionny, who was one of the main heroes of the Civil War.  In this house M. Tkachev spent his childhood…