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Throughout the nineteenth century Poland was occupied by the partitioning powers of Poland: Austria, Prussia and Russia.Poles struggled for independence in a series of failed uprisings, which resulted in many having to seek refuge in Western Europe (known as the Wielka Emigracja) in order to avoid reprisals, such as being forcefully sent to the vast and harsh emptiness of Siberia.
Emigre was a graphic design magazine founded by fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan, Menno Meyjes, and Rudy VanderLans who met in San Francisco. The first four issues were edited by Susan and art directed by VanderLans, with Meyes mostly in an associate publisher role.
Emigre may refer to: Émigré, a person who has emigrated; Émigré, the debut solo studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Wendy Matthews; Emigre, a graphic design magazine; Emigre (type foundry), a digital type foundry; Émigré, 2023 oratorio with music by Aaron Zigman
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne, France, near Paris, is a necropolis of White Russians.. Most émigrés initially fled from Southern Russia and Ukraine to Turkey and then moved to other Slavic countries in Europe (the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland).
Eesti Vabadusliit was formed in Berlin on February 5, 1945, by SS-Obersturmbannführer Harald Riipalu, and Ain-Ervin Mere. [3] The organization later operated in Sweden, also using the Swedish name Estniska frihetsförbundet.
Caricature mocking the King of Prussia and émigrés. French emigration from the years 1789 to 1815 refers to the mass movement of citizens from France to neighboring countries, in reaction to the instability and upheaval caused by the French Revolution and the succeeding Napoleonic rule.
Emigre, Inc., doing business as Emigre Fonts, is a digital type foundry based in Berkeley, California, that was founded in 1985 by husband-and-wife team Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko. [1] The type foundry grew out of Emigre magazine , a publication founded by VanderLans and two Dutch friends who met in San Francisco, CA in 1984.
The Army of Condé (French: Armée de Condé) was a French field army during the French Revolutionary Wars.One of several émigré field armies, it was the only one to survive the War of the First Coalition; others had been formed by the Comte d'Artois (brother of King Louis XVI) and Mirabeau-Tonneau.