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Serbian Refugees In Russia During World War I

Author(s): Dušica Bojić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: refugees; internees; volunteers; perishing; repatriation

Summary/Abstract: The Serbs who have been in schooling or staying in Russia at the beginning of the World War I, change their status and become refugees in that country. Since October 1915, and tripartite attack on the Serbian onarchy, one part of civilians from the county of Zaječar, were attacked by the Bulgarians, so they crossed to Romania, where they have stayed for almost a year. After Romania entered the alignment with the forces of Antanta, Serbian refugees moved to Odessa, Russia, in a very bad condition, starved, tortured and exhausted. They were secured with a stay, education for children, and supplied with essential.. from many different sides the help of Russian ministary, Serbian consulate, the committee of Tatiansky, trough charity donations. They stay there until the revolution 1917, when they needed to travel by trains all the way through the Siberian railway, because of some troubles. Serbian refugees from a lot of different cities Samara, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk and Vladivostok. They returned to Serbia during the next eleven years from three directions: they came to Solun from Shanghai across Sinai mountain, the second path was passing across Japan, Canada, USA and France. They were travelling by boats and trains to their motherland. The third path lead trough Romania. It can be considered that the final repatriation of the Serbs, who escaped to Russia had finished in 1929.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 527-561
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Serbian