Four churches. a Russian restaurant. cobbler shop and a rest home are located in the village. How did a small Maine community happen to draw people from a completely different tradition? Baron Kuhn Von Poushental was on a duck hunting trek in this area about 1940. Bearing in mind the large number of Russian refugees nearing retirement he brought up land at bargain prices. advertised through the Russian language newspapers. and resold to those who yearned to spend their last years on their own land. The Richmond area bears a striking similarity to the Russian countryside. People have settled throughout Whitefleld.
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