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Expatriated Swedes Return to Russia Amid Hardships
Sweden welcomed the Gammel Svenskby exiles from Ukraine with citizenship and aid after a 1929 repatriation. Many found life in Sweden unbearable due to culture shock and land scarcity, and anted up leaving for Stockholm and Russia again. The story notes 900 descendants, a 360,000 krona grant, and their drift back toward the Dnieper village.
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Stockholm
Russia
Catherine II
Gammel Svenskby
Black Sea
Sweden
Kristoffer Haas
Magnus Stenbock
Catherine
Dneiper
Kherson
Swedish
Red Cross
Constanza
Romania
Europe
Traelborg
Carl
Swedish Red Cross
Traellborg
Old Country
Jonkopiig
Maten Industry
Svenskby
Ukraine
Dnieper