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). By the 1920s, however, the term was more commonly used for any Russians who had opposed the Bolshevik Revolution and supported the imperial government. For a further understanding of the term visit the Web site on the subject at www-hoover.stanford.edu/hila/. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CWarschak@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:39 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Galicia > My ancestors are German and Czech so I have never been concerned with > Galician research but, just out of curiosity, would someone enlighten me > on the > ethnic backgrounds, etc. of White Russians, as opposed to "Dark > Russians?". > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >