aida kraus wrote: > > Karen Stanley of Houston found the term White Russian in the special > collections on Russian immigration and politics of the early 20th century of > the Hoover Institute at Stanford. She says the term White Russian was used > in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe ethnic Russians residing in the > area between Russia and Poland (today this includes Lithuania, Ukraine, > Belarus, Latvia, Moldova). Lithuania and Belarus for sure. Latvia and Ukraine ...at the margins Moldova ... absolutely not. > By the 1920s, however, the term was more > commonly used for any Russians who had opposed the Bolshevik Revolution and > supported the imperial government. that's true > For a further understanding of the term > visit the Web site on the subject at www-hoover.stanford.edu/hila/. which webpage of the website http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/hila/ _______ Lavrentiy Krupniak