Russian Ukrainian Men in Canadian Army

[JohnPeter]

In my quest to research the Russian Ukrainians who enlisted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force battalions, I have looked at many attestation papers.
Many NOK addresses are given as below:

Someplace Gubernia, Someplace2 Vesdoi, Someplace3 Volosti, Someplace4 Selo

Can anybody confirm that Gubernia means Governing Area, Volosti means Department, and Selo means Village?? I can't devine what Vesdoi might be

[Hannia]

Volost - closest equivalent County

Geographical Definitions
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/...t/geo-defs.htm

[JohnPeter]

Thanks Hannia, for that link, very useful for Russian Ukrainian and Polish researchers.
JohnPeter

[JohnPeter]

I now have the names of over 3,000 men from eastern Europe who served with the Canadian Army in World War One.

If you are the relative of any such man, please reply here with some basic details.

[CB]

Hi JohnPeter,

May I contact you off the board regarding your work in this area?

CB

[JohnPeter]

CB, yes please. You can reply to:

russiansinthecefNOSPAM@gmail.com

and remove the NOSPAM before sending, of course.

[JohnPeter]

I now have the names of over 3,700 men from eastern Europe who served with the Canadian Army (Canadian Expeditionary Force CEF) in World War One, the Great War

If you are the relative of any such man, please reply here with some basic details, or you can reply to

ukesinthecefNOSPAM@gmail.com

and remove the NOSPAM before sending, of course.