RUSSIAN REFUGEES
(Press Assn.
REACH INDIA AFTER A LONG AND ARDUOUS JQURNEY MEMBERS OF OLD ARMY
_By Telegraph— Copyright).
Calcutta, November 15 Large numbers of Russia, n refugees have arrived at Spinagar Kashmir, from the Kashgar district, Chinese Turkestan, where there was recent fighting between the Chinese troops and Moslem insurgents. Th'e refugees are mostly members of the old Russian army. After the revolution they refused to co-'operate with the Soviet policy of collective farming, whereupon they were forced to lahour on irrigation projects. Later they fled from Turkestan. Travelling to India via the Pamirs their task was most dangerous. Food supplies were difficult and many died from exposure and exhaustion.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 691, 17 November 1933, Page 5
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111RUSSIAN REFUGEES Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 691, 17 November 1933, Page 5
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