russians

Eastern European POWs, probably Russians and Poles, in a labour camp. Location unknown.

I can definitely tell you that they're soldiers of Soviet Army. There are no poles! It was dark times in our past.

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Correction: It is known that Polish men were drafted into the Soviet Army. Please do not assume there were no Poles in that POW camp. I know of one Polish man who served for the Soviet Union. Here is a link to further verify the fact that a Polish man served in the Soviet Union military: www.southerninstitute.info/holocaust_education/henry_gall...

Brisbane was a centre of early Russian immigration, receiving some of the very first Russians to Australia. Queensland’s café scene was brought to life by Basil Naggih who installed Brisbane’s first espresso machine in his café, which itself was one of the first cafés in Brisbane. A few years later he founded Brisbane’s first coffee roastery. The State Library of Queensland boasts a number of historical items related to Russian history in Queensland. Gowns designed by one of Australia’s most significant fashion designers of the 50s and 60s, Paula Gubar, a Russian immigrant to Brisbane, are held in the Queensland Museum, and many buildings relating to early Russian immigration in Queensland are heritage protected by the Queensland Government, including St Nicholas Cathedral and the famous Mikonoshin “Fairy House”. These are just a few of the ways that Brisbane’s history is dotted with Russianness. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/brisbane-australias-most-russian-...

Australia To Send Medical Aid To Russia CANBERRA, Thursday. — As another measure of practical aid to Russia, the War Cabinet decided today to send a range of important medical supplies to Russia immediately. The supplies will be available either for military or civilian use. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said tonight that the Russian authorities had provided a list of. medical supplies which they wanted from outside sources. An exportable surplus of a number of the supplies was available in Australia, and a quota would be made available to Russia at once. Mr. Curtin added, that the Government had directed the Repatriation Commission to regulate and to approve whatever appeals for monetary aid to Russia it favored. Money collected in these appeals would be' used in other countries to purchase medical supplies, needed by Russia, but which could not be supplied from Australia. Source: The Courier-Mail, 31 Oct 1941 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41922399