Tyuremnoe Delo

Posted by rusgen
On November 24, 2018
1939, books, Gulag, history, prison, Soviet, top secret

Current reading: top-secret 1939 book titled “Тюремное дело”, the manual on all aspects of running a prison, substantial part of the Soviet GULAG system. The book describes just about everything — from the types of locks on doors on solitary confinement, to the toys to be given to children born in prisons… Did your ancestors […]

Posted by rusgen
On September 25, 2018
1930, Archive, census, Ukraine

This is the Czech census form we found this month. Please note that it is in Czech, Hungarian and Russian(Rusin) languages. It was common in the Transcarpatian region to have documents in all those languages, frequently all at the same time. We found a few gems in those documents for our client, we can do […]

Posted by rusgen
On August 20, 2018
1949, 1950, 1951, China, emigration, russians, samar, tubabao

We have recently found in the ITS Bad Arolsen archive the complete list of people leaving Tubabao camp (Samar) in Philippines. We now have the 750 pages of lists and nominal rolls, some including the family members and address where they resettled. Get in touch with us is you need this file checked for the […]

Posted by rusgen
On April 16, 2018
archives, Army, Moscow, Russia, Военкомат, Москва, РВК

Moscow is a difficult city to search — many administrative changes means you never know where the documents are. We have today found the table describing where the records of военкоматы are located and are re-posting it for the convenience of other researchers. Таблица о том, в каком военкомате Москвы находятся на хранении старые документы […]

Posted by rusgen
On April 13, 2018
archives, FSB, global, Gulag, Omsk, Poland, Russia, Stalin, travel, USSR

Two buildings at the background on this photo show you one of the most secretive archives in Russia — Omsk archive of Federal Security Service. We spent two weeks working here, analyzing and annotating materials they have of 1937-1938 Stalin Purges. Was you ancestors “repressed” or “illegally killed”or “sent to 10 years camps” in 1930s […]

Posted by rusgen
On March 24, 2018
1854, archives, Criminals, GARF, RSL, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Siberia, Ukraine

Nerchinsk Mining District (Нерченский Горный Округ) was from the 1747 the private property of Russian Royal family, located in Eastern Siberia, current part of Chita region It was the silver and gold mines for the Royal family. 92000 square miles of harsh Siberian taiga. Why we are interested in this place? Because it was where […]

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Posted by rusgen
On February 27, 2018
archives, Belarus, Galicia, Genealogy, Jewish, Kiev, Lviv, Odessa, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine, WWII

Thank you for coming to our web site. We are the small team of genealogists and archival researchers specializing in Ukrainian, Jewish, Russian, Polish and other Eastern European family history. We are based in Russia, Ukraine and Poland. (read more) We visit different archives every week. Please browse our blog entries below for more details. […]

China research, Russian Spies

Posted by rusgen
On February 25, 2018
1931, China, espionnage, harbin, IKKI, Noulens, OMS, Russia, Russian Genealogy, shanghai, spy, WWII

Were you relatives in China (Shanghai, Harbin, Hong Kong) in 1900-1950? This is the 1931 passport photo of Russian spies in China. We found this child alive in Moscow in 2010. If you missed your relatives in Chinese turmoil, we can help to find them, trace their ancestors or find their descendants. We work even […]

Posted by rusgen
On February 23, 2018
Archive, Galicia, Genealogy, Poland, Polish Family History, Polska, Research, Ukraine

We can help you with your Polish research. Missing relatives with Polish surnames? Old handwriting only grandma could read? We are a small and determined team which does online and field research in Poland and Ukraine, visiting archives, libraries, offices, talking to old people in villages — all to find your missing ancestral links. We […]

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On February 17, 2018
archives, China, Philippines, pictures, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, tubabao, WWII

This is the last post with images found in the US National archives. They are much more optimistic than the previous batch describing the typhoon damage. It shows “Humanity Calls”, the US non-profit which took a great effort to get those Russians from this remote island. There are also photos of US Senator William F. […]

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Tyuremnoe Delo

Transcarpatian research

New Tubabao Documents

Moscow – Where to find Draft Documents

Secret Archive

Siberian Prisonners of 1800s

Welcome

China research, Russian Spies

Polish Research Discount

Tubabao photos 3/3