Famous life · 1927
Russian monarchists exiled to Kihnu
Vene monarhistid Kihnu asumisel
In May 1927 a group of Russian monarchist émigrés heckled the liberal politician Pavel Milyukov during his lecture in the Estonia concert hall in Tallinn. The interior minister ordered them out of the country, and since no state would give them visas in time, four of them were sent to Kihnu instead. They lodged with the island's Orthodox priest and had requiem services said in the Russian church on the death days of tsars. In letters to Tallinn they complained that the island had nothing to drink but vodka and asked for French cognac and good chocolate. By November two had been allowed back to the mainland.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1927. aasta mais segasid Vene monarhistidest emigrandid Tallinnas Estonia kontserdisaalis liberaalse poliitiku Pavel Miljukovi loengut. Siseminister käskis nad riigist välja saata, ja kuna ükski riik ei andnud neile kiiresti viisat, saadeti neli neist hoopis Kihnu. Nad elasid saare õigeusu preestri juures ja tellisid tsaaride surmapäevadel Vene kirikus hingepalveid. Tallinna saadetud kirjades kaebasid nad, et saarel pole peale valge viina ühtki muud jooki, ja palusid järele saata Prantsuse konjakit ning head šokolaadi. Novembriks lubati kaks neist mandrile tagasi.