Old photos of Russian expatriates living in Harbin in 1920-1930

Harbin was originally a fishing village. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government introduced foreign capital to build the East Qing Railway, which created the city of Harbin 100 years earlier than Shenzhen

The formation of Harbin was closely related to the fate of thousands of Russians. After the revolution in October 1717, a large number of Russian aristocratic family members died in large numbers and were forced to emigrate. More than 2 million Russian expatriates, centering on the nobility, fled to various parts of the world. A large number of Belarusian people came to Harbin at that time to settle down

In the 1920s, Harbin had a population of 300000, of which no more than 100000 were Chinese, and the rest were basically Belarus. Until the 1980s, the old lady of Belarus could still be seen in the street

In the 1920s and 1930s, Harbin was not only a place of exile for Russian nobles, but also a refuge for persecuted Jews in Europe

Look at the pictures below. People who don’t know it still think it’s Russia