SUDBINA NASLEĐA RUSKE EMIGRACIJE U JUGOSLAVIJI 1944‒1945.
THE FATE OF THE HERITAGE OF THE RUSSIAN EMIGRATION IN YUGOSLAVIA IN 1944–1945

Summary/Abstract: The arrival of the Red Army at the borders of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the autumn of 1944 led to a mass evacuation of Russian émigrés. According to an analysis made by a researcher of the history of the Russian Emigration, around 60% of the Russian inhabitants in Belgrade fled the capital. Those of Russian origin who stayed in the country were treated in different ways by the NKVD, the Red Army soldiers, and the new revolutionary authori-ties. So, the level of impact that the arrival of the Red Army, liberation opera-tions, and the seizure of power by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia had on the heritage of the Russian Emigration in Yugoslavia – institutes, which the émigré communities had formed in the interwar period, as well as the different aspects of Russian culture and forms of their presence in the state, varied. Some of the regalia, museum exhibits, and archives were transferred to the USSR, one part was destroyed by the Soviet command, while others were saved in one way or another. The graves of the members of the Russian corps on the cemeteries in Belgrade and Zagreb were dismantled by the new revolutionary authorities, but the monuments dedicated to the Russian émigrés who died in Yugoslavia in the interwar period were kept. Due to the mass evacuation in the autumn of 1944, the vast majority of the Russian institutes stopped working, but on the other hand, some of them, like the Russian parishes, continued with their activities until the 1970s.

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