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Russian factory workers, 1973

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Russian factory workers, 1973

These three women (from left: Katerina Schplivesky, Zena Haight and Sandra Shaouy) were White Russians (supporters of the overthrown Tsarist regime in Russia) who made their home in New Zealand. They were still working for a living in their 60s at a Lower Hutt biscuit factory.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1973/2603/23

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John Wilson, Russians, Ukrainians and Baltic peoples – Russians, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/779/russian-factory-workers-1973 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.