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Today, for the first time in Redaktsiya’s history, we’re premiering a mini-series, which begins in Berlin. A hundred years later, the city once again found itself to be one of the major centers of Russian emigration. Our series is dedicated to the first wave of the emigration which started in 1920 and is often referred to (spoiler: mistakenly so) as the White Emigration. We decided to delve deeper into the topic and study it through the lens of personal stories which revealed a whole lot of familiar and burning issues, from tragedies, comedies and crime to occasional adventurous love affairs. Contents: 00:00 Russia in exile. Redaktsiya’s first series 07:29 What’s special about the first wave of emigration? 12:39 How were 150 thousand refugees accommodated in Constantinople? 17:30 How did the French decide the fate of the “White” Army? 22:20 Who sank General Wrangel’s yacht? 27:02 Wrangel and Denikin: the relationship between the commanding generals 29:07 Bunin on the Orient Express 32:47 Nabokov in Constantinople 33:59 The Valley of Roses and Death: a shelter for the “White” Russian Army 40:11 Why didn’t the Russians stay in Istanbul for long? 44:51 What did the exiled soldiers find funny? 47:07 The Gallipolian football team 48:44 The Steel General’s discipline 52:58 The Gallipolian school, newspaper and theater 55:40 Plevitskaya, the pre-revolutionary Russian superstar 1:02:08 Plevitskaya’s husbands and lovers 1:04:15 The “White” Army general who promoted Plevitskaya 1:05:05 What customs did the Turks learn from the Russians? 1:09:10 Why did Serbia give such a warm welcome to emigrants from the Russian Empire? 1:14:45 What jobs did they have there? 1:17:35 How did Wrangel sell out the State Loan Treasury? 1:20:36 Sremski Karlovci as the new “White” Army headquarters 1:24:15 Was Belgrade built by Russian emigrants? 1:27:55 The dynasty of emigrant Russian Church rectors 1:33:20 “Boast not, foolish Europe”. The Russian House in Belgrade 1:38:17 Disheveled Russian academics in Serbia 1:39:40 Flea markets, comics and the custom of kissing a lady’s hand — Russian culture in Belgrade 1:50:10 How did the emigrants see Wrangel off? 1:52:19 The “White” terrorist attack in Leningrad 1:53:26 Emigrants in France, Germany and Czechoslovakia