Russian Jews in China and India...

Decades ago I bought a collection of old Russian photos from gypsies in Northern California.

You can see one of them in my Media (the Tsarevich).

These photos mostly depict European-looking people in Harbin, China. Some are dated "1924".

The photos don't suggest that they were Jews, but I have reasons to think that was likely for some.

Some Jews fled to Harbin due to pogroms in Mother Russia, others were shipped there by the Tsar for political reasons. Others may simply have seen opportunity. Much later, some were kidnapped by Reds and shipped back to Moscow to be slaughtered. A few were allowed by the Chinese Communists to go Australia in the late 50s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China

If you (dear reader) have any information, photos, or personal history related to Jews in China, India, or elsewhere in Asia, please say hello.

I'm working on a photo-derived project and I hope to share some of what I learn. Struggling, I can read a little Russian but not for comprehension.

Anything about your own Jewish/Chinese/Indian family history, including family gossip and questions...not just photos, would be very interesting .

Значительная иммиграция началась в 1897 году при строительстве Китайско-Восточной железной дороги, пик иммиграции из России пришелся на период после Октябрьской революции. К 1930 году в Китае насчитывалось 125 тыс. русских (в том числе 110 тыс. в Маньчжурии), в 1953 году их осталось менее 23 тыс. человек.

Significant immigration began in 1897 during the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the peak of immigration from Russia was in the period after the October Revolution. By 1930, there were 125 thousand Russians in China (including 110 thousand in Manchuria), in 1953 there were fewer than 23 thousand people left.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_China

I knew one person who has relatives returned from China. No idea if they were Jewish or not. In Soviet time many Jews have to hide their ethnicity, due to antisemitism.

Search for Jews in China and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. They had a Chinese expert on the subject on their staff.

https://jewishjournal.com/cover_story/107213/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China

My Grandmother spent WWII in Asia, there was a Jewish community in China but I'm not so clued in about them. There was a refugee community in Shanghai during WWII.

I'd be interested in seeing these photos.