All This Shall Pass
This blog has become a repository of fine Russian refugee historical works. All of them paint the same picture of movement of people across a nation in torment. Their perspectives …
Orest Dournovo (1874-1934) – A Real Canadian Hero
Orest Dournovo was a genuine humanitarian who organized hundreds of Russian refugees to find freedom and farming in Canada in the 1920’s. Sadly, there are no posthumous awards either provincially …
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Family Kaleidoscope – From Russia to Canada by Maria von Rosenbach
I humbly offer my thoughts in review of this book on the facebook page of Dournovo Family in North America which describes the earliest days of Orest Dournovo and his …
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Our History, Our Heritage – Andriev Family Stories
Imagine you’re sitting around a campfire (when they were permitted) at your summer family reunion. The oldies are sharing stories about their past. The firewood crackles. The stories continue and …
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The Hungarian Refugees
When researching his book The Russian Refugees, Mike Andruff reflected on other refugee experiences to compare and contrast to his family’s. One such refugee story came from an old school …
Marvelous Monica Miller with another Marketing Moment
Monica my busy marketing manager at Heritage House Publishing mentioned that Canada ‘s History magazine wrote a book review of The Russian Refugees in their August/September issue. See below for …
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Homeglen Legacy Fund featured by Mosaic BC
Media is always good. The July issue of the Mosaic BC newsletter placed a Spotlight on the Homeglen Legacy Fund. See article placed in the bottom third of the newsletter. …
From the Heart – A descendant’s reflections
A beautiful poem by Jerry Mihailoff was written and dated August 9, 1986. Uncle Mikes Farm was a heartfelt retrospection of Jerry’s life experience on Mike Kosheiff’s farm. The poem …
The KN Story Part Three – Lueba Kosheiff Boyd
Multi-generations of refugee families typically exhibit an upward mobility in subsequent generations through education and Lueba was the Kosheiff family’s first university educated family member. She became a teacher and …
The KN Story Part Two – New Beginnings
Two men walking home from the pub, arm in arm, singing old Russian songs to the delight of their listening neighbours, doing back breaking work clearing and cropping the land …