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Story: Russians, Ukrainians and Baltic peoples

Russian factory workers, 1973

Russian factory workers, 1973

These three women (from left: Katerina Schplivesky, Zena Haight and Sandra Shaouy) were White Russians (supporters of the overthrown Tsarist regime in Russia) who made their home in New Zealand. They were still working for a living in their 60s at a Lower Hutt biscuit factory.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1973/2603/23

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Wilson. 'Russians, Ukrainians and Baltic peoples', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-11
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