what happens then

1825 Decemberist revolution

is what I'm askin

ahhhh

Coup in protest of the ascension of Tzar Nicholas I

Considered the 1st Russian Revolution

My family fled in 1908(?)

Some time round then

There was almost a revolution in 1905, probably during that time

They fled due to being part of an unpopular demographic

^))

part of my bastardised genetic legacy

its on my Grandads side though so I'm not legally one of Gods chosen ^)

That pretty much sums up a big part of Russian History in that period

My mother's family left Croatia at that time

greek/russian/english

weird mix

But I think it might have been to escape conscription into the KuK army

My great-great grandmother walked across europe to Britain

with one of my great uncles

Hey, my grandma's parents also fled central Europe the same time.

Maybe around 1910 or earlier

Mine fled Germany or Austria in the ‘30s. No one is quite sure what the truth is.

Yeah, nobody remembers exact dates anymore, but they do know they came from Poland to Detroit around then.

mine was Romania way I think

one of my friends has his great-grandfather's austro-hungarian draft notice from 1914, they YEETed out of Europe when it was issued

I spoke to my nan about it recently but can't remember

I've got all my grandads papers from the second world war

his draft, logbook, his reassigment notice

his SOE writ

That's about it. Nobody wanted to go die for someone else's war

Cause he spoke fluent German they put him in the SOE 45-47 to hunt German officers in Germany

ones who had gone undercover etc

My great uncle went to Germany and lost a leg to a landmine. His son has some cool German memorabilia from him.

German Luger and stalhelms

They also have his documents from the US stating he was considered an Enemy Alien after the US entered the war

aha found it

new i had a picture somehwere

Portrait of my grandad done by an officer he bought in

guess as a thank you (?)