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Russian Harbin, early 1920s

Posted: October 9th, 2023 | No Comments »

In the years immediately after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia the Manchurian city of Harbin saw a massive influx of mostly defeated White Russian anti-Bolshevik soldiers and other Russians unable to come to any accommmodation with the new government. It was a tough city…

Russian man walks past a shop window with a fasion mannequin in the window
A blind Russian boy begs on the streets of Harbin – many children became separated from, or saw their parents killed, in the Russian Revolution and found themselves alone in Manchuria
Two Russian men – former soldiers – work as bootblacks in Harbin’s Thieves Market
A Russian man – another ex-soldier – at his stall in Harbin’s Theives Market – much of his goods seem to be army surplus brought into China from Russia

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