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Scotland — Russia

Cultural Encounters Since 1900

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      • Glasgow Exhibition Report, Niva, 1901
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Pre-1917 Period

Dmitri Fedosov: Scotland and Russia Before the RevolutionNashe Slovo: Trotsky’s Broadsheet and ScotlandWorld War I

Migration – Histories

  • W. W. Knox, Migration: Scotland’s Shifting Population, 1840-1940
  • Interactive Map of Govan in 1881: Scotland’s Melting Pot
  • Peter Davidson, Scotland and Russia: Historical and Mineralogical Connections
  • Scottish History Online: The Scots-Russian Connection
  • The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry: Russia
  • History of the Jews in Scotland (Wikipedia)
  • Lithuanian Miners in Scotland: Migration and Misconceptions
  • Lithuanians Sent from Scotland to Russia, Great War Forum
  • Scottish Buildings in Moscow Excursion (in Russian)

Migration – Individuals

  • ‘David Livingstone and His Discoveries in South Africa,’ Vokrug Sveta, 1861 (in Russian) 
  • ‘Latest News from Livingstone’, Vokrug Sveta, 1861 (in Russian)
  • Marc-André Raffalovich (1864-1934) (Wikipedia)
  • M. Turnbull, History of St Peter’s Church, Edinburgh, founded by Raffalovich
  • Eugenie Fraser, The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood (Penguin)
  • The House by the Dvina excerpt in Russian translation, Grani 145 (1987): 151-84
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