Message from @Finn the magic dragon
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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.
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 (?)
war is weird man so idk the exact reasons behind it