This curious article on the dwindling Jewish diaspora in China was found in the December 1955 issue of The American Jewish Times:

“...This, in brief, is the story of the dwindling Jewish community in China - a community whose total liquidation is in sight. There were only 679 Jews left in China by the end of June, 1955; 319 in Harbin, 230 in ( Read more... )

Continuing the topic of changing linguistic standards, here is an excerpt from Vladimir Slobodchikov, O sudbe izgnannikov pechalnoi [On the sad fate of exiles]:

В нашей семье речи всегда уделялось много внимания. Бабушка была особой ревнительницей чистоты русского языка. Она любила беседовать с нами о русской речи, сама не допускала отклонений, ( Read more... )

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“If you haven’t read it [Á rebours] yet, do read it. It was misunderstood and undervalued. It went unnoticed after being declared immoral and shaky. It’s amazing how people love justifying the absence of aesthetic taste by labeling books moral or immoral. The same fate befell Madame Bovary and-not many people know this-Les Fleurs du Mal!!! ( Read more... )

“I am unfit to be an activist, not because I am a coward - perhaps, I am actually brave - but because I have too good a taste for that and too accurate an eye.”

Anatole Steiger, émigré poet. Cabri, France, 1927.

How to leave Constantinople

In order to leave Constantinople, besides the traveler’s passport issued by the Russian Consulate in Constantinople, one needs a visa of the country where one wants to travel, as well as the visas of the countries of transit. Before soliciting foreign visas one needs to get the latest exit visa at the Russian Consulate. ( Read more... )

Подвижник из Шанхая

Wang Zhicheng (汪之成, Ван Чжичэн) is the author of books on the Russian culture, such as “История русской эмиграции в Шанхае // 上海俄侨史” and the bilingual “Карта русской культуры Шанхая // 上海的俄国文化地图”.



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Amsterdam University Press invites submissions for its new book series Diasporas in Asia and Beyond. This series aims to explore diasporic experiences scattered in different parts of the world through rethinking ‘Asia’ as a unique experience for those arriving, as much as it is for those departing. It accentuates Asia’s transnational and/or ( Read more... )