"On the Liberation of Galicia" Topic
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| Aristonicus | 23 Apr 2015 4:17 a.m. PST |
One hundred years ago today (22 April 1915 new style, 9 April 1915 old style), Tsar Nicholas II visited Lvov, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. The Russian Army had seized the city in summer 1914 in the early stages of the First World War. The capture of the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl in March 1915 finalized the Russian conquest of Galicia, and the Supreme Commander of the Russian Army, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, persuaded the Tsar to visit Lvov to mark this achievement. According to the chief of the Tsar's personal guard, Aleksandr Spiridovich, the local population gave Nicholas a warm reception. On arrival in Lvov, the Tsar inspected a guard of honour and met his sisters, Grand Duchesses Olga and Ksenia, the first of whom was working in the city as a nurse.
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| genew49 | 23 Apr 2015 6:02 a.m. PST |
There were of course other points of view regarding the Russian liberation. My maternal grandparents were from Bobrka a small town 18 miles southeast of Lvov. They came to the US in 1908-1910. The writer of the narrative linked below,"The Black Saturday of 1914", is not a family member.
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| huevans011 | 23 Apr 2015 7:23 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure the local Poles and Ukrainians would regard the Russians as "liberators" either, any more than the local Jews. Just sayin'. |
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dips his toe into the Russo-Japanese War.