Russian Anzacs in Australian HistoryElena 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. |
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Contents
PART ONE ORIGINS | 15 |
Ethnic and other Russians Byelorussians | 21 |
Poles | 38 |
Finns | 45 |
Western Europeans | 53 |
PART TWO | 65 |
The battalion that might have been | 82 |
From Egypt to Syria | 112 |
Between the land and the sea | 202 |
Making a go of it 215 | 219 |
Pressures to assimilate | 227 |
A sense of belonging | 238 |
Blending in | 244 |
The Second World War | 250 |
Epilogue | 263 |
Appendix | 275 |
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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 |
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