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Post-Revolutionary Russian Emigration with Vadim Malinovsky

Post-Revolutionary Russian Emigration with Vadim Malinovsky


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During the time since the Russia-Ukraine military conflict began in February 2022, Russia has experienced its largest exodus of citizens since the October Revolution of 1917. Experts believe that hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens have fled to safer territories. Historians will appreciate the irony that exactly 100 years ago in 1922 the Soviet Union leaders forcefully expelled intellectuals –  transported by the so-called philosophers’ steamships. 

At the beginning of the 1920s around two million White Russians, the supporters of anti-Communist forces, left Russia and started new lives in other countries from China to Brazil, creating diaspora communities that in some cases endure to this day. Among the emigres were the writer Vladimir Nabokov, the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and the grandparents of US fashion designer Ralph Lauren. The exodus also sparked an unprecedented international drive to give legal protection to refugees, resulting in the "Nansen passport", the first-ever travel document for stateless people.

Led by historian Vadim Malinovsky, this seminar will give a deep dive into the history of one of the most dramatic events for millions of Russian families. Designed to inform curiosity as well as future travels, participants will come away with extra knowledge about the reasons they chose to leave, the most popular routes and destinations, and their dreams of a better life. 

Vadim is a historian (MA) who has graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University. His focus is contemporary Russian history. He is working on a PhD dissertation on Stalin's national policy.

Not suitable for children under age 13 (sensitive content).

90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.

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Suzette Shelmire (Oxford, US)
POST REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA - IMMIGRATION

VADIM GAVE GREAT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON EARLY RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND CONTINUED TO SHOW MANY OTHER COUNTRIES THAT THE RUSSIANS MOVED TO AFTER THE REVOLUTION.LOTS OF INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WHITE RUSSIANS AND THE REDS.

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K.A. (Los Angeles, US)
About Russia

Excellent information about the history of Emigration from Russia.

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S.S. (Oxford, US)
Post Russian Emigres

As usual, Vadim's talk was totally interesting to me as I had many friends in the Dallas Russian community . My daughter took Ballet from Natalie Krassovska, (Ballet Russe). Before my husband and I went to Russia in 1961 we took Russian from Olga Day-Hannah - minor aristocracy, a concert pianist and minor movie actress! . My father was a French Imigre who was fighting the bolshivicks in Odessa AFTER WW1- the French army was sent there and they were routed by a general Rakovsky!(PaPa was in the French airforce - and - that's how he made his way to America. the French weren't happy with the loss of Odessa!

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Suzette Shelmire (Oxford, US)
POST REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA - IMMIGRATION

VADIM GAVE GREAT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON EARLY RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND CONTINUED TO SHOW MANY OTHER COUNTRIES THAT THE RUSSIANS MOVED TO AFTER THE REVOLUTION.LOTS OF INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WHITE RUSSIANS AND THE REDS.

K
K.A. (Los Angeles, US)
About Russia

Excellent information about the history of Emigration from Russia.

S
S.S. (Oxford, US)
Post Russian Emigres

As usual, Vadim's talk was totally interesting to me as I had many friends in the Dallas Russian community . My daughter took Ballet from Natalie Krassovska, (Ballet Russe). Before my husband and I went to Russia in 1961 we took Russian from Olga Day-Hannah - minor aristocracy, a concert pianist and minor movie actress! . My father was a French Imigre who was fighting the bolshivicks in Odessa AFTER WW1- the French army was sent there and they were routed by a general Rakovsky!(PaPa was in the French airforce - and - that's how he made his way to America. the French weren't happy with the loss of Odessa!