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''{{Russia-sidebar}} '''Bold text'''''[[Russia Genealogy|Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Russia Genealogy|Genealogy]]'' | ''{{Russia-sidebar}}<br>'''Bold text'''''[[Russia Genealogy|Russia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Russia Genealogy|Genealogy]]'' | ||
The astonishing thing about Russian genealogy is the fact that it is possible at all. Wars, revolutions and ignorance have destroyed a significant part of written records. Persecution, and even massacres, of people belonging to “wrong” classes discouraged the transition of family memories to young generations. Only a decade ago Russian genealogists started to come out in the open. | The astonishing thing about Russian genealogy is the fact that it is possible at all. Wars, revolutions and ignorance have destroyed a significant part of written records. Persecution, and even massacres, of people belonging to “wrong” classes discouraged the transition of family memories to young generations. Only a decade ago Russian genealogists started to come out in the open. | ||