Philosophers' ships: History of Russia through the history of the Aikhenvald family

Linguist Aleksandra Aikhenvald from Queensland told SBS Russian about her great-grandfather Yuly Aikhenvald and the 'philosophers' ships', the expulsion of Russian intelligentsia after the revolution.

Source: Supplied by Aleksandra Aikhenvald

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