Dear Nadia, My mother's family were sent to a camp near Kotlas, so I have also been interested in Kotlas for a long time. Here are are few links to start you...
Re:Kotlas Siberia anyone? All I know about Kotlas is that seems to be the main Railway link to the Arctic region and all those going to camps or leaving camps...
Not all Poles in the USSR left during the organized transfer of 1944-1947. 1.5 Million went back to Poland but about 700,000 stayed on in the USSR. The Soviet...
My husband, Aleksander Topolski, was the youngest child in his family, ie "the baby" and so was nicknamed Dzidziu which, as Barbara Davoust pointed out, means...
While we're talking about trips to Kresy .....for the benefit of new members: I travelled from Sweden to Ukraine in October 1996. On a humanitarian aid trip,...
Dear Group - Here is another blurb about Koniuchy: <A HREF="http://www.polamjournal.com/">http://www.polamjournal.com/</A> The link will bring you to the home...
Dear All, Some of you may remember that over a year ago I emailed a picture of a monstrance. This monstrance was funded by Oboz 1 at Teheran (where my mother's...
Hello Group, In gathering the last set of photos from my mother last night.(which I will sent the entire collection to Julian for downloading), I mentioned to...
Please Welcome Orest Zborowski to the group. Orest is a Pole living in the Ukraine, and found me on the web as he lives in Kalusz (near old Stanislawow now...
Bob, Elzunia, Until reading your posts, I always thought Dzidzia was an endearing form of the name Zdzislawa, which is my cousin's name. In my family we have...
Hello everyone, What with all of the group interaction and the research I'm doing, I must say that every day I feel a little bit more Polish than the day...
Hi everyone, I was wondering if there is anyone of the older generation out there who was in the orphanages in Tanganyka, Uganda and Kenya and who would...
All this talk about names got me thinking about mine ... Officially it's Elzbieta but of course in England nobody could pronounce this (especially with a...
Halina, Yes, please do add to your post as you recall other details if you have time! We fellow "Podolians" would love to hear it. Halina, why didn't your...
I read with great interest the account of Halina Szulakowska's recent trip to Ukraine. In the summer of 1992, my wife and I undertook a similar trip by private...
Stefan, There is another way to unsubscribe from the group temporarily while on vacation or otherwise. Actually this is probably the most easy way to do it. ...
Dear list: I do not expect to join you on a trip to the Kresy region but who knows? I think that 2004 is a better time...it will take that long to make...
Wladyslaw writes about the 9th Reunion of the "Africans"; - the Polish refugees sheltered in Africa during the war. The gathering is in Wroclaw, Poland, from...
Hello all, New members may want to visit message # 2389 where Stefan outlined the genesis of Kresy-Siberia way back on the occasion of our group's first...
Hi Eve I understand how you feel sad for your cousin's family. We do not have a single photo of my grandfather or my aunt, Genia, who also died before managing...
Hi group We have a little Second Anniversary present. This evening Tadeusz Dobrostanski flew to Sydney from Melbourne to pass me the missing lists from the...
Hi Stefan, "Kongratulacje " From: Cas Second Anniversary and we are over 340 members. Goog work and God Bless you.. Milford, Ct. USA ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
Dear friends As many of you do not receive direct e-mails from the Kresy-Siberia Group, I wanted to alert you to the Second Anniversary Report which has just...
