Category Archives: Russian Diaspora

Harbin Commercial School for Girls

Posted on May 8, 2011 by archvst

Updated.  As did many others, my grandmother attended and graduated from the Commercial School for Girls in Harbin, China in 1925. Nina, age 18, graduated as a Candidate of Commerce, and was awarded a silver medal from the Harbin Commercial … Continue reading →

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St. Nicholas Cathedral, Brisbane QLD, Australia

Posted on February 3, 2011 by archvst

St. Nicholas (ROCOR) is considered Australia’s First Russian Orthodox Church and will be 90 years old in 2013. My penpal Alla pointed me to this old and sweet Russian church in Australia and sent me a link.  She says “I … Continue reading →

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Book: The Tarasov Saga by Gary Nash

Posted on January 3, 2011 by archvst

A. Malikoff wrote about: The Tarasov Saga I have to mention the Tarasov Saga by Gary Nash. It is a very well written and researched book about life in Harbin and Shanghai. If you ever manage to get a copy … Continue reading →

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Lyceum St. Nicholas, Harbin, 1929-1949

Posted on January 3, 2011 by archvst

“The Lyceum‘ s course of study was modeled on that of a typical “gymnasium” that one would have encountered in pre-revolutionary Russia.  In addition to the usual courses, such as mathematics, physics, geography, and history, a plethora of languages were … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Harbin Commercial School for Girls

Posted on January 3, 2011 by archvst

Photo posted with permission from A. Malikoff, whose Mother graduated from the Commercial Girls School about 1926-27.

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"Harbintsy" registered by the NKVD for arrest

Posted on December 28, 2010 by archvst

OPERATIONAL ORDER OF THE USSR PEOPLE’S COMMISSAR OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS NO 00593 20 September 1937 Moscow The organs of the NKVD have registered up to 25,000 people, so-called “Harbintsy” (former employees of the China Eastern Railway and returnees from Manchukuo), … Continue reading →

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Jewish Enterprise in Manchuria

Posted on December 28, 2010 by archvst

Gregory Grossman, UCBerkeley BUILDING THE NORTH-EAST: JEWISH ENTERPRISE IN MANCHURIA, 1900-1940 Gregory Grossman, UCBerkeley File Format: Microsoft Word – View as HTML … not the least, the misty, mythical memories of that unique city, Harbin, and the lingering nostalgia for … Continue reading →

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Harbin in comparative perspective (Shanghailanders)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by archvst

Harbin in comparative perspective by M GAMSA – 2010 Urban History, 37, 1 (2010) C. Cambridge University Press 2010 doi:10.1017/S0963926810000106 … call themselves ‘Shanghailanders’ – the English parallel of the Russian kharbintsy) is taken by. R. Bickers, Britain in China: … Continue reading →

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Kharbintsy/Clothing of Old Believers in Oregon

Posted on December 28, 2010 by archvst

An interesting thesis paper (1982) on the clothing of Old Believer Russians in Oregon, USA.  Long… …garments that reflected their respective histories and…

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Article Abstract/Emigre Identity: The Case of Harbin

Posted on December 28, 2010 by archvst

Bakich, Olga Mikhailovna. Emigre Identity: The Case of Harbin The South Atlantic Quarterly – Volume 99, Number 1, Winter 2000, pp. 51-73 http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/south_atlantic_quarterly/v099/99.1bakich.html

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