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*Many military and civil officers living, stationed, or fighting the Red Army across Siberia and the Russian Far East moved together with their families to '''Harbin (see Harbin Russians), to Shanghai (see Shanghai Russians) and to other cities of China, Central Asia, and Western China'''. After the withdrawal of US and Japanese troops from Siberia, some émigrés traveled to '''Japan'''. | *Many military and civil officers living, stationed, or fighting the Red Army across Siberia and the Russian Far East moved together with their families to '''Harbin (see Harbin Russians), to Shanghai (see Shanghai Russians) and to other cities of China, Central Asia, and Western China'''. After the withdrawal of US and Japanese troops from Siberia, some émigrés traveled to '''Japan'''. | ||
*During and after World War II, many Russian émigrés moved to the '''United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, South Africa and Australia, south Asia (India and Iran) and the Middle East (Egypt and Turkey)''' – where many of their communities still exist in the 21st century.<ref>"White émigrés", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_%C3%A9migr%C3%A9, accessed 10 June 2021.</ref> | *During and after World War II, many Russian émigrés moved to the '''United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, South Africa and Australia, south Asia (India and Iran) and the Middle East (Egypt and Turkey)''' – where many of their communities still exist in the 21st century.<ref>"White émigrés", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_%C3%A9migr%C3%A9, accessed 10 June 2021.</ref> | ||
====Russian Americans<ref>"Russian Americans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Americans, accessed 11 June 2021.</ref> ==== | |||
=====Russian Colonization of America (1733-1867)===== | |||
*The territory that today is the U.S. state of '''Alaska''' was '''settled by Russians and controlled by the Russian Empire'''. Russian settlers include ethnic Russians but also Russified Ukrainians, Russified Romanians (from Bessarabia), and native Siberians, including Yupik, Mongolic peoples, Chukchi, Koryaks, Itelmens, and Ainu. | |||
*In Hawaii there were three forts at Kauai. | |||
*The southernmost such post of the '''Russian American Company''' was '''Fort Ross''', established in 1812 some 50 miles '''north of San Francisco''', as an agricultural supply base for Russian America. It was part of the Russian-America Company, and consisted of four outposts, including '''Bodega Bay, the Russian River, and the Farallon Islands'''. | |||
*Russian America was not a profitable colony because of high transportation costs and the declining animal population. *After it was purchased by the United States in 1867, most Russian settlers went back to Russia, but some resettled in southern Alaska and California. Most Russians in Alaska today are descendants of Russian settlers who came just before, during, and/or after Soviet era. | |||
==Records of Russian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Russian Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||