Catch up with Igor in his interview on Russia 24, filmed in Vladivostok and aired in June 2019 in Russia. Watch it now or later on Igor Labzin’s You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6cycsjsts
This television interview was filmed on location in the library hall of the Vladivostok branch of the Russian Geographical Society that is situated near the historical Nicholas II Triumphal Arch.
Take a different look at Russia and Revolution and the role of the White Officers and what came next for them after they sailed out of Vladivostok into exile in 1922.
Most importantly, get to know the last days of Imperial Russia, understand more about the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the history of Russian emigres by tracking their journey across the world to Europe, North and South America, China and Australia.
Igor’s book “Russia and Revolution: My Father, The Officer, The Man” offers a personal perspective on the early to mid-half of the 20th Century in a journey from Saint Petersburg to Australia. Most note worthy are the experiences of the chaotic life in Shanghai, the Philippines and Indonesia due to some of the most defining events that shaped the 20th Century .
Finally, he shares first hand stories of World War II and the conflict in the decolonisation of Indonesia, and the Battle of Surabaya.
Igor Labzin is a Russian-Australian author. He writes and translates historical memoirs.
