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1925 Vinnitsya Traders

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On March 30, 2019
  • 1923, 1924, DAViO, Genealogy, history, Tavern Keepers, Traders, Ukraine, Vinnitsia
We are carefully researching Vinnitsia region of Ukraine now. Found a few pictures of tavern keepers, posted along with the tavern permit applications. You might want to see the traders of all nationalities, how they looked and dressed. Most photos were “certified” meaning the official stamped on the reverse confirming they are the image of […]
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Communist Party Archive

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On February 2, 2019
  • 1930s, 1940s, Archive, CPSU, Moscow, party, Soviet
We continue to work at the former archive of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union re-opened its doors after the move to the newer place, which is not far away from the old one. Although slow and inconvenient, archive held some important documents about the country’s history.  We are fascinated to […]
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CPSU Party Membership information

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On January 20, 2019
  • Archive, CPSU, membership, party, Soviet, Soviet Union, КПСС
Was one of your ancestors a member of Communist Party of the Soviet Union? 20+ millions persons were members, so the chances are not so slim someone was. If you can find the party card (партбилет) number – you can easily get the whole CV of your ancestor from the former party archive. Unfortunately, there […]
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Russians in China v.2

  • 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 […]
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Harbin Photos post 1

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On November 28, 2018
  • 1945, China, cinema, harbin, manjuria, old photos
We have recently found 1945 photo album of Harbin in the Russian Archive of Economics.  Will post a few images in the next coming days.   Cinema Harbin, 1945. Image (c) 2018 RusGenProject.com Source: РГАЭ ф.413, оп.36, д.90
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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 […]
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Recent document

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On November 19, 2018
1830s copy of the 1713 document in the nobility case, found during the recent visit to the Russian State Historical Archive (St Petersbourg, Russia). It was customary to provide the tree to the noblest available ancestor to get privileges. Need to find something similar? Just ask us!
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ITS Bad Arolsen research

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On November 1, 2018
We will be performing the on-site research at the International Tracing Service archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany next week. If you have any relatives imprisonned or displaced during or shortly after WW2 — this is the best place to try to trace them. Call us now to get the special price on this very effective […]
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Medal Strips

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On October 23, 2018
Have you ever seen something like that on photos of your ancestors? This could be important lead in otherwise dead end search. This is medal strips, used instead of large decorations on everyday uniform. As of today, you could theoretically spot approximately 10,000 in todays Russian-speaking land. This could be an important lead in your […]
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Sample old record

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On October 9, 2018
  This is a plain old 1905 marriage record in the currently Polish city of Bialystok. Although it is now Poland, the records before 1918 were kept in Russian language. We can read records on all European languages. Need help with some strange handwriting? Feel something elusive is in the old unreadable handwriting? Let us […]
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