[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Interesting websites re Russia and the Ukraine

[Vera Miller]

Thanks for posting this. Russia has so many ethnic groups because it is so huge and borders so many countries of Europe and Asia.
If anyone is researching people from Russia or Ukraine, my blog could be useful.
http://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/
Just two years ago, I was contacted by a relative of my great-great-grandmother's sister in St. Petersburg. I was surprised that she was Russian. Our common ancestors were German clothmakers from Bialystok and Swiebodzin, Poland. My cousin was equally surprised that my parents were born in the USSR.
Here's my post on that family reconnection. She has become a good friend and I hope to meet her someday.
http://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/the-mystery-of-a-great-great-grand-aunt-gets-solved/
Vera
> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:45:36 -0400
> From: gilleh23 at gmail.com
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Interesting websites re Russia and the Ukraine
> 
> As I subscribe to a documentary heritage listserv, there are occasional
> bits of interest....
> 
> 1.  Eastern Ukraine’s museums told to hide their collections
> http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Eastern-
> <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Eastern-Ukraines-museums-told-to-hide-their-collections/33387>
> http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Eastern-Ukraines-museums-told-to-hide-their-collections/33387
> 
> 
> 
> 2  *Russia Beyond the Headlines*  - http://rbth.com
> <http://rbth.com/arts/history>   an online publication sponsored by the
> Rossiyskaya Gazeta - a media network - about Russia in the news.  There is
> a link to their history section, but if you are interested in other
> aspects, just click on whatever appeals to you....or follow their current
> events headlines
> 
> The articles appear to be from journalists and authors from around the
> globe.
> 
> This online pub is in other languages too - scroll right to the bottom and
> select  your language of choice - ie German, Portuguese, French - and
> Russian among others etc)
> 
> http://rbth.com/arts/history
> 
> One of the interesting opinion articles I found was on the premise that the
> Russian Empire was Europe's real melting pot
> http://rbth.com/opinion/2014/03/09/the_russian_empire_was_europes_real_melting_pot_34689.html
> 
> Hope you find something of interest
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