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Š is for Šanhaja

“Šanhaja” is the Latvian name for “Shanghai”. But wait – why is a Chinese city a topic on a Latvian genealogy blog? A year or so ago, the idea of Latvians in China might have seemed a bit strange to

Antra October 25, 2012 migration 2 Comments

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