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Just Below the Border 300 Russians Work Their Farms and Worship Freely
Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1949, pg. 3

The page referred to the story Electricity Spells Triumph for Russ Colony in Mexico by Bill Dredge
Los Angeles Times May 30, 1949, pg. 2

AT THE TABLE – Native customs are in evidence in the dining habits of the Russians. Drinking coffee from dishes at right are Maria and Basilio Rogoff, the parents. Extremes of wealth range from Kerosene lamps and black bread to electric lights, radios and fine automobiles.

CONTENTED – Devout and successful William and Alice Mohoff, among richest in colony, are church leaders. “We are against war,” says William. “For this, among other reasons, we were not tolerated in Russia. We were driven from place to place. Even now we have few pleasures. To work is pleasure, we believe. Life must be simple.”

CONTRASTS – Pifania Aldama, left, and Catalina Rogoff, both just turned 16, on Rogoff ranch in Guadalupe Valley. Catalina is the daughter of one of the Russian colonists; Pifania, a Mexican girl, is a household helper. Catalina plays cards with policeman from Ensenada and, strangely enough, has no desire to go to United States.

FARMERSS ALL – Far from their native Kars in Ukraine, two Russian lads drive farm tractor on main road. Parents, generally at peace in these good years, worry over their young who find simple village life dull and turn toward Ensenada and the United States. Too, almost all the youths are cousins.

IN SCHOOL – Left, blond, Maria Bucaroff, 7, child of one of the Russian colonists at Colonia Guadalupe, Baja California, learns her letters with Isabel Lucero, 8, a Mexican miss. Russian language is forbidden in Mexican school. Spanish is taught.

SUCCESS – After many bleak and tough ones, these are prosperous years for many of the 300 Russians who fled Ukraine back in 1906. Fertile soil, ample water and strong arms are answer. The elders, at least, are happy.