Elena Govor Elena Govor i(A88551 works by) (a.k.a. Elena Viktorovna Govor)
Born: Established: Minsk,
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Belarus,
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Former Soviet Union,
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Eastern Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1990
Heritage: Russian
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1 Ethnographer Likened the Gulag to Athens in the Time of Pericles Anne Summers , Elena Govor , 2009 single work obituary (for Vladimir Kabo )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2009; (p. 18)
1 9 y separately published work icon Russian Anzacs in Australian History Elena Govor , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2005 Z1189582 2005 single work non-fiction The author retraces the stories of Russian-born Anzacs and how they settled back into Australian life after World War I.
1 3 y separately published work icon My Dark Brother : The Story of the Illins, a Russian-Aboriginal Family Elena Govor , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2000 Z1009242 2000 single work biography Detailed account of the Illin family who migrated to Australia in the early 1900s and attempted to establish a Russian settlement in North Queensland. The account weaves the story of Leandro Illin and his Aboriginal wife, Kitty Clarke, with their love of Russian literature and its mapping onto the Australian landscape.
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