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Russian immigrants sailing in Harbin (China) in 1930

Russian immigrants sailing in Harbin (China) in ab. 1930. My restoration and digital hand colorization of V. P. Ablamskii´s image in the Library of Congress archive.

 

"The term Harbin Russians or Russian Harbinites refers to several generations of Russians who lived in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Russian settlers were responsible for turning Harbin into a Russian city with the majority of the population being from Russian ethnic groups, from approximately 1898 to the mid-1960s."

(Wikipedia)

 

"Vladimir Pavlovich Ablamskii (1911-1994), a figure-skating champion from northern China, was also a famous Harbin photographer and photojournalist. This collection contains Ablamskii's photographs depicting the life of the Russian immigrant community in Harbin. World Digital Library."

(Library of Congress archive)

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