Fake Soviet Passports

Posted by rusgen
On June 15, 2019
1952, intelligence, passport, Soviet, USSR

We continue working on the book on the history of Soviet Passports. While researching we found several places which mention the “Directive of Ministry of State Security of USSR # 53 dated 10 April 1952” (Директива (Указание) МГБ СССР № 53 от 10 апреля 1952) “on finding persons whose passport has the series ЦЧ” (о […]

Posted by rusgen
On December 19, 2018
book, China, Genealogy, harbin, index, Russia, shanghai

It is time to update the Russians in China Genealogical index, which was published in 2014. It is available on Amazon at this link and still could be a great Christmas gift to anyone with Shanghai, Harbin and other Chinese immigrant ancestry. We have got several lists of Chinese immigrants to add up to 10,000 records […]

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 […]

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On June 9, 2018
1933, 1936, China, FIFA, Football, Genealogy, Russian, shanghai, Soccer

Russian Football team “Sokol 1” in 1933 after winning the 2nd league Junior cup of the Shanghai Football Association. You can search the “Russians in China” genealogical index for details on those and other emigrees, both related and not related to football. Need to find who of your relatives played along? Let us know! We can find your […]

Posted by rusgen
On June 1, 2018
1930s, 1936, FIFA, Football, Historical, shanghai, Soccer

We will publish small excerpts from the 1930s historical Shanghai book about the football. The most interesting sport in Shanghai, which always attracts hundreds and thousands of spectators, is certainly football, to which addicted are representatives of all nationalities living in Shanghai. Currently in Shanghai, in the Football League alone, there are over 50 teams […]

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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. […]

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 January 10, 2018
books, China, Russian Empire, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, WWII

We have a small addition to our large index of Russians in China. The complete transcript of applications for the positions in the Russian Regiments in Shanghai in 1930s-1940s ( Russians in China. Shanghai D-917 Police Applicants: 1930-1942 ISBN: 978-1936531165) is published and available on Amazon and all major booksellers. It contains detailed biographies (in English) […]

Posted by rusgen
On December 15, 2017
1900, Belarus, books, Jewish, Russian Genealogist, Volkovysk

I never thought that the word Genocide has its author, that it was invented by the particular human being with the birth date (June 24, 1900) and name (Rafał), and that this word is less than 100 years old… It is always very much inspiring to know that just inventing a word for something creates […]

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On November 17, 2017
books, China, global, library, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy

Did you ever thought how difficult it is to search for the female relatives? Here is an example. Our colleague has recently gave the presentation on his experience tracing the artwork provenance of several portraits by Mikhail Verboff (1896-1996). Look at the attached picture. Two sisters (lower right corner). One have four last names from […]

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Fake Soviet Passports

Russians in China v.2

Tyuremnoe Delo

Shanghai Football club “Sokol” 1933

Football in Shanghai in 1930s – post 1

Welcome

Polish Research Discount

New Book Published

Origins of word – Genocide

Two females, ten last names