About the book: year / Russians in Australia - a new work by the famous Australian and American historian Sheila Fitzpatrick is devoted to this unusual topic. After World War II, it was the Green Continent that became the new homeland for thousands of displaced persons - people who were scattered throughout Europe during the war years and, for various reasons, did not want to return home to the USSR. In turn, the Australian authorities sought to solve the problem of labor shortages in the country, so cooperation, while not being cloudless or ideal, was still mutually beneficial: thousands of people boarded ships to go to a new life. The second stream of Russian immigrants poured from Manchuria, where For several decades now, there has been a large Russian diaspora that formed during the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway. But with the coming to power of the Chinese communists, the Russians were forced to leave their homes, and Australia became the new home for many of them. These trips were full of dramatic events, sometimes detective twists, when even “the most ordinary person could most likely tell the most unusual story of their experiences.” wanderings.” The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.