I blogged about a good website for doing Russian research a while back. Now I see an interesting article at Chron.com with more information on research in Russia. Following is an excerpt:
MOSCOW As a child, Sergei Telyatnikov listened to family tales about his departed great-grandfather, a wealthy nobleman. But in the repressive decades of […]
If you have an interest in Russian President Vladimir Putin, I encourage you to read an article by Andrei Zolotov Jr., Editor of Russia Profile. I ran across the article because of one line, which says: “He also disclosed an interest in his familys genealogy.” Now that’s all I found about genealogy, but the rest […]
Prompted by an article in The Moscow Times, I spent some time today on the All Russia Family Tree website. Although I have no Russian relatives that I know of, I found the site fascinating. I even learned a little Russian on their Reading Russian webpage. The guy claims that if his two-year old […]
Political Repression… This sounds like a politically correct term for politically motivated murder (known in many circles as assasination).
A court on Monday overturned a ruling refusing to recognize Czar Nicholas II and his family as victims of political repression, a lawyer for the royal family’s descendants said.
The Moscow City Court’s ruling is a victory for […]