Russian Anzacs in Australian History

Elena Govor

UNSW Press, 2005 - History - 310 pages

Elena Govor has given voice to a part of Australian cultural history that until now has been silent. Extraordinarily, it was men born in the former Russian Empire that constituted the most numerous group in the First Australian Imperial Force, after those of Anglo or Celtic background—almost one thousand Russian Anzacs. This book is a history of Russian multiethnic communities in Australia, and passionately rediscovers ties, formerly severed, between the children and grandchildren of Russian Anzacs and their Russian past.

Contents

• PART ONE ORIGINS: 15
• Ethnic and other Russians Byelorussians: 21
• Poles: 38
• Finns: 49
• Jews: 55
• PART TWO: 65
• The battalion that might have been: 82
• Among the first Anzacs: 95
• Egypt: 107
• The Western Front: 114
• Being Russian among Australians: 144
• Serving with Russians: 150
• I fight no more for the British?: 168
• Heading home?: 174
• PART THREE LIFE: 183
• Coming home: 193
• Between the land and the sea: 202
• Making a go of it: 215
• Becoming Australian: 221
• Pressures to assimilate: 227
• A sense of belonging: 238
• Blending in: 244
• The Second World War: 250
• Epilogue: 263
• Appendix: 275
• Bibliography: 294
• Index: 305

About the author

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Russian Anzacs in Australian History; UNSW Press book
• Author: Elena Govor
• Contributor: National Archives of Australia
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: UNSW Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0868408565, 9780868408569
• Length: 310 pages
• Subjects: History / Australia & New Zealand; History / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other); History / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General