On October 3, 2023, at the weekly youth gathering at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, a lecture was given on the White Movement during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922.
At the request of the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, the lecture was given by parishioner Yuri Selinsky, whose family belongs to the first, post-revolutionary wave of Russian emigration. His ancestors were direct participants in the White Movement. In particular, Yuri’s great-grandfather, V.P. Polchaninov, served on the staff of General A.I. Denikin, Commander of the Armed Forces of South Russia.
The talk by a man deeply interested in and studying this page of Russian history aroused great interest and a lively response from those present.