RUSSIA IN EXILE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 110, 12 May 1931, Page 11

RUSSIA IN EXILE

COLONY IN LONDON. »ryone has heard of the very -r >» community of Russian emigres in buS I . but it is not so well known that several thousand members of the old jßussian aristocracy and bourgeoise found homes in London, says the ‘•Manchester Guardian.” The funeral ceremonies for Pavlova at the Russian Orthodox Church in London provided one of the rare occasions when many of these refugees were to be seen gathered together. There were in the congregation seen on that occasion some of fleers of the pre-revolution army, and others wh.» got out of the country when the crash came, and who are now get ting their living as best they can. According to an official of the Russian Red Cross (Old Organisation) in London, which helps those exiles who cannot support themselves, there are fourteen women of the aristocracy, formerly ladies-in-waiting or maids of honour at the Court, who are now working tor a living in London. Two are keeping Russian restaurants, one is a cook, while others have found jobs as domestic servants, translators, teachers, shop assistants, and one or two are doing scientific work at museums. The society looks after the aged, infirm, and unemployed, among whom are some disabled officers of the Tsar’s army. One is told that these Russians of the old regime are anxious for their children to be brought up as far as possible in the old tradition of their country, to which they remain faithful.