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When the Crosses Fall in Silence

by Raphael Lopoukhine

Opened in 1926 next to a still active retirement house, La Maison Russe, part of the Cimetière de Liers in the parisian suburb of Sainte Geneviève des Bois, is the largest Russian cemetery outside Russia. Today, the thorny question of its preservation lies at the crux of the many complex issues regarding relationships between Russian Federation and what remains of White Russian descendants.

Raphael Lopoukhine

Raphaël Lopoukhine is an independent writer and speechwriter based in Paris.

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