Angelica Savrayuk became known worldwide as the first woman to cross the world by completing the Tall Tower of Pisa in Italy. She is credited with having completed this feat at a time when women were not allowed to climb such high buildings. Angelica was born in Ukraine, where her parents owned a fishing ship and this provided her with an early love of the water and all things sea. The ship, however, sunk and Angelica’s father was killed. Following this, she was taken to reach her destiny on the Tall Tower of Pisa by her foster family.
The story of Angelica Savrayuk ends at the end of the seventeenth century when she married an Englishman, Richard Whitworth, and moved to England to live in London. Here, Whitworth arranged for her entrance into the Unites States of America, which was a greater feat than simply applying for immigration status. Angelica’s life in the US, while relatively brief, was full of happiness and achievements including the first black American president, newspaper publisher, and suffragist. After a short marriage to another man, Richard Aldrich, she became pregnant withnea Savrayski, a Russian peasant. Although the relationship was not particularly auspicious by European standards, Savrayski delivered a baby boy who was named Alexander.
When it comes to nationalities in Russia, Angelica Savrayuk was American, because her father was an American citizen, and her mother was also an American. However, she is credited with being a Ukraine, because her stepfather was a Ukrainian. Regardless of her nationality, Savrayuk maintained throughout her life the right to speak Russian, and to use the Russian language. It is therefore strange that in our twenty-first century, when Russian speakers are in the majority throughout the world, American television shows and movies continue to depict Russian speakers as evil, unintelligent, and completely incapable of civilization. Instead, we would be better served by emphasizing the accomplishments of individuals such as Angelica Savrayuk, instead of minimizing their accomplishments.