A RUSSIAN CHOIR.
PRODUCT OF THE WAR. Picturesquely attired in Russian high boots, loosely-made trousers, with wide red stripes, black tunics, and fur caps, a band of 36 Russian men mingled among the hundreds of third-class passengers < the liner Orama, which arrived at 1 mantle from England last week. They comprised the Don Cossack Choir, which is conducted by Serge Jarov, a former pupil of the famous church music academy of the Holy Synod of Moscow, and they purpose making several public appearances ill the eastern States. The choir is a product of the Great War. Members claim that when Bolshevik rule threw the Russian Empire into an abyss of misery and distress, they entered tin ranks of the White Army, full of pat riotism, and wishing to free their land from tho oppressors. They state that they fought under Denikin and Wrangel, until tho offensive collapsed, and they were shipped to the Isle of Lemno&.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19302, 15 April 1926, Page 9
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156A RUSSIAN CHOIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19302, 15 April 1926, Page 9
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