He said that when her family fled Russia, they left their papers behind.
He had to flee Russia in June 1906, but returned later that year.
More than 2 million Jews fled Russia between 1880 and 1920.
He was released in 1919 and fled Russia, penniless at age 42.
After two years of imprisonment, he fled Russia to German.
Kunett had fled Russia during the revolution there two decades before.
He fled Russia after 1917 and then disappears from the public view.
Indeed more than two million Jews fled Russia between 1880 and 1920.
His family fled Russia, because they feared the coming revolution.
My grandfather fled Russia in 1911, leaving behind his wife and two young daughters late one night.