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Ellis Island starts letting people in America
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868,000 People immigrated from Russia to America during 1911-1914
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Russia enterd WW1 in 1914
This made people leave the country because they were loseing to the Germans and had a bad ecomomy. -
Mary Antins diary
for 16 days the ship was our world. Oh what solemn thoughts I had how deeply I felt the greatness and the power of the scene. -
Mary Antins diary
Oh what a beautiful scene no corner of the earth is half so fair as the lovely picture before us. It suddenly came into view , a green field, a real field with grass on it and large houses.” -
Rasputin was murdured 12/30/1916
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Russian revolution causes Russians to move to America.
The Russiam revolution Bad living and working conditions because Russia was still a undeveloped country. -
Igor Fyodorovich
Igor Fyodorovich moved to the US from Russia after the deaths of his daughter and wife. He moved to the US and became an American citizen. He gave several lectures at Harvard.
“To continue in one path is to go backward.” Igor Fyodorovich -
Ellis island closes