THE COSSACK ESCAPE TO AMERICA

To escape the Bolshevik Reds in the 1920’s, many White Cossacks fled to Shanghai and Tientsin, China, there to established new lives centered on Cossack Stanitzas. Then in the late 1940’s, as the Chinese Communists approached, these Cossack Stanitzas organized their members and families to flee, first to the Philippines and finally to America. Below are copies of some of the original records of their ordeal. These records give individual biographies and personal details. As the thank notes attest, the All Cossacks’ Union of San Francisco was a critical sponsorship component of this mass immigration.

Cossacks' Union of Shanghai

Tientsin Cossack Group

Registration Form for USA

Thank you letter and Certificate

The Cossacks’ Memorial