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FLIGHT OF RUSSIAN REFUGEES A HARD JOURNEY Prea Association—By Telegraph—Copyrighf CALCUTTA, November 15, (Received November 16, at 11 a.m.)] A large number of Russian refugees have arrived at Srinagar (Kashmir) from flip Kashgar district of Chinese Turkestan, where there was fighting recently between Chinese troops and Moslem insurgents. The refugees are mostly members of the old, Russian army, who, after the revolution, refusedto co-operate with the Soviet policy of collective farming, whereupon they were forced to labour on irrigation projects. Later they tied to Turkestan. Travelling to India via the Pamirs, their task was most dangerous. Food supplies were difficult to obtain, and many died from exposure and exhaust tioa. -
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Evening Star, Issue 21570, 16 November 1933, Page 11
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