Kalmyk Resettlement Committee Records 1949-1952

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Kalmyk Resettlement Committee Records 1949-1952

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The Kalmyk Resettlement Committee was an American group attempting resettlement of Kalmyks, ethnic Mongolians living in Russia since the seventeenth century and displaced by World War II. The records include correspondence, some in German, and case histories with attached photographs.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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