MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (GBT) — International news outlets including Al-Jazeera, The Times of Israel, and the New York Times have reported that Kherson fell to Russian troops last Wednesday, the first such city to fall to the invading Russian army since it invaded Ukraine on the 23rd of February. Kherson is some 40 miles southeast of the port and shipbuilding town of Mykolaiv. Several Anflick vital records are presumably stored in the Mykolaiv Oblast Archives.
In subsequent days, demonstrators have filled the streets of Kherson in opposition to the Russian occupiers, according to such news outlets as FoxNews and the BBC. Meanwhile, Russian troops have advanced toward Mykolaiv, where the Hindustan Times has reported 'fierce battle'. YNetNews reported on Friday that Ukrainian forces had blocked the Russian advancement, but fighting continues along the city's southern border. YNet published a photograph of a residential building building in Mykolaiv that was destroyed by Russian shelling. The condition of the archive building in Mykolaiv is unclear. The most recent post from the archive's website was from the 26th of January.
Louis Anflick was apparently born in Mykolaiv, according to birth indices recently discovered online. When Louis purchased the passage order that brought his brothers Henry and Harry to America in 1901, he had the tickets sent to "Aron Karanczak, qu Woznisensk, qul cherson ul Nikolaiev, D Pervoschova." Although it's not yet clear yet exactly where this is, there is enough circumstantial evidence to believe that this is somewhere on the road from Kherson to Mykolaiv, which Russian troops are likely now traveling in a bid to conquer the cities. ⬮
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