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Everything tagged "Russia"

George Wladyslaw PIO-ULSKI (aka George Parks) [1910-1994]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Pio-Ulski
Given: 
George Wladyslaw
Alias / nickname: 
George Parks
Birth
Date: 
1910-10-20
Birthplace (town, state): 
Vladivostok
Death
Date: 
1994-03-11

George Pio-Ulski's father was an officer in the Russian Navy who was listed as missing in action in 1917. The family fled Russia in the spring of 1924 because of their precarious position under the Bolsheviks - Mr. Pio-Ulski believed they were the last people to get exit visas.

Birthplace (country): 

Arseny Joseph SAVITSKY (aka Joe) [1903-1990]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Savitsky
Given: 
Arseny Joseph
Alias / nickname: 
Joe
Birth
Date: 
c.1903-10-25 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1990-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

ARSENY JOSEPH SAVITSKY 

Portrait Artist in Stanley Prison Camp

AJ Savitsky was an artist interned in the Stanley Prison Camp during World War II, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, He was a Russian who had migrated to Hong Kong in the early 1930s and became a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve in 1936. He was interned with other civilians, including police officers. 

Birthplace (country): 

Nicholas BELANOVSKY [1889-1977]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Belanovsky
Given: 
Nicholas
Birth
Date: 
1889-04-20
Birthplace (town, state): 
Tiflis
Death
Date: 
1977-05-21
Cause of death: 
bronchial pneumonia
Birthplace (country): 

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