With these official blessings. Poushental acquired abandoned farms and homes by the dozens and advertised them for sale in Russian language newspapers throughout North America. The response was eager and immediate. More than half of the first hopeful migrants to Maine were persons whose rootlessness began with the Russian revolution following World War I. Others had become White Russian combatants during World War II. only to find that fighting for the invaders of communist Russia was to leap from the frying pan into the fire. Disillusioned with Germany. as well as with their homeland. they became displaced persons to escape repatriation to Russia.
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