Romauld: Sounds exactly like my family - they arrived in Osh (Dad says the railway ended here) in October / November 1941 and they too were directed to a...
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Michael Kulik
iteekulik
Jan 1, 2006 12:47 pm
Stefan: If you haven't already then I would highly recommend that you get in touch with Slav at http://www.lvivecotour.com/ (email addr slav2791@...) ...
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Michael Kulik
iteekulik
Jan 1, 2006 12:59 pm
Hi Stefan, I have posted on this subject before, the reply given to me by the Polish Embassy / Consulate in 2003 was as follows: "Compensation will be paid at...
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Michael Kulik
iteekulik
Jan 1, 2006 1:10 pm
Two things you can try: 1) Write to the British MOD, who have a Polish Section and records relating from this time - contact details.. ...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Jan 1, 2006 7:28 pm
Hi Jan, The place of VIETKA is near Vologda and close to Vielsk in Archangielskoj Oblasti. There is an article re this place at...
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Jan Prygoda
jprygoda
Jan 1, 2006 7:44 pm
I would not be surprised if it is the right one. My father caled it Siberia in his document but it might be that everything cold in Russia they saw as Siberia....
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halinamacdonald
Jan 1, 2006 8:48 pm
I've recently had some correspondence with a Polish cousin of mine about compensation for property abandoned in the Kresy after WW11 when Polish boundaries...
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romed46
Jan 2, 2006 1:14 am
-Welcome to our group Don, If you enjoy history have a look at my website "POLAND AND WWII 1939- 1945", at http://members.shaw.ca/rskulski/ . Your comments...
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Barbara Jachowicz Dav...
bdavoust2
Jan 2, 2006 6:58 am
... Jan, That is the Polish pronunciation of what is usually spelled Totsk in English. I think if you check back to the articles on the gathering of the...
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Barbara Jachowicz Dav...
bdavoust2
Jan 2, 2006 7:03 am
Michael, What you say about your relatives getting land in former East Prussia matches what happened when the Polish borders were moved westwards. The Poles...
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Jan Prygoda
jprygoda
Jan 2, 2006 3:25 pm
I think I would rather look at a map (when I have the right spelling). Searching yahoogroup archives would take me 1-2 hours with my 32RAM memory PC. Those...
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Anne Kaczanowski
annekaczanowski
Jan 2, 2006 5:03 pm
I may not be the smartest pea in the pod this morning.....but is Tock not Totskoje....? In Totskoye,( officially opened September 2, 1941) and 25 miles from...
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Alicja
alicjae2
Jan 2, 2006 8:41 pm
Valerie,, my name is Alicja Edwards,- I just read your message on Kresy-Siberia about your mother's guilt , an emotional turmoil concerning her parents death...
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linderladbrooke
Jan 2, 2006 9:32 pm
Please can you both contact me regarding any info/books of the formation of Anders Army and their route to freedom. Anyone else with info also. This will help...
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Anne Kaczanowski
annekaczanowski
Jan 3, 2006 1:36 am
The books that I have on army compositions are : General Anders and the soldiers of the Second Polish Corps written by Harvey Sarner An Army in Exile written...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 3, 2006 3:09 am
Barb and Mike The matter at hand here is for the deportees who never returned to Poland so were never resettled in the "reclaimed" western lands. As I...
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Kresy-Siberia@yahoogr...
Jan 3, 2006 3:52 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Kresy-Siberia group: COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY During WW2 hundreds of...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 3, 2006 4:16 am
Further to this issue, a Polish article by Stanislaw Cieselski http://www.sciesielski.republika.pl/losy/repat.html clarifies that the "land swap" we spoke of...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 3, 2006 4:31 am
Jan Tockoje (Totskoye) is in in Orenburg province in Russia, near Buzuluk. If you read Polish, I would refer you to the gallery, where a history of the ...
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B M Watrasiewicz
bwatrasiewicz
Jan 3, 2006 9:13 am
o Yes, I DO believe that Polish citizens no longer in Poland still deserve to be compensated for their losses. o Yes, I DO believe that the Kresy-Siberia Group...
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paulgryckiewicz01
paulgryckiew...
Jan 3, 2006 10:06 am
Hi All I'm new to the group and would like to wish you all a happy new year. My main reason for joining this group is to add some background and dates to the...
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mlshub
Jan 3, 2006 12:01 pm
Hi All, I've recently joined the group, which I think is doing a great job. I am trying to find out more about my Polish Jewish grandparents39; journey from...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 3, 2006 1:31 pm
More on the Totskoye monument  photos of the grand dedication of the monument sent by Mrs Wanda Seliwanowska: ...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jan 3, 2006 2:20 pm
A while ago I posted in our gallery some photos I received from Mrs Wanda Seliwanowska from Russia of a monument to soldiers in the Polish Army of General...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Jan 3, 2006 4:41 pm
Hi Jan, I have a feeling that you might have difficulty in identifying/establishing location of Wietka-Vietka as one has to have a number added to this name....
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romlipin@...
Jan 3, 2006 4:53 pm
Hi Paul, Responding to your request, I looked in my books with a list of names and found that Wladyslaw Gryckiewicz wa a lancer in the Karpacki Pulk Ulanow...
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HJ Trevelyan
hjtrevelyan
Jan 3, 2006 4:53 pm
Dear Antoni, Glad to have the information, though I'm thunderstruck by your need to apologize.[quoting you: "Please forgive me if the Russian speakers read...
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Jan Prygoda
jprygoda
Jan 3, 2006 4:53 pm
There was something like Wietka - powiat Wologodzka - province Wologodzka at the Karta database. You must be correct. Now I have to see if I can get cyrillic...
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Jan Prygoda
jprygoda
Jan 3, 2006 5:07 pm
I get 0 hits with Google with copying and pasting. Do you perhaps have the direct link to this page, please ? Jan ... Van: ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI Aan:...
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ANTONI KAZIMIERSKI
antoni530
Jan 3, 2006 6:19 pm
http://www.genealogia.ru/users/familysearch.ku.html Alphabetical Family records on page 2 of Vielskaja Vietka. antoni530...