the government no longer gave support. Semyonov though wrote out appointments to Balabanov's three sons as Lieutenants. Balabanov was imprisoned several times by the reds narrowly escaping with his life, once being freed by a newly made red who remembered his helpfulness, once survived because the man next to him was the one who got shot. Another time the reds broke into the government house, took all his valuables and destroyed anything else. He refused the French offer of sanctuary but with the help of Dutov he escaped through the mountainous passes with his younger children, third wife, and trusted officers to China in 1920. One of the passes he had to pass was through a red blockade by walking quietly at night. He settled in the border area for about 6 months helping the anti-Bolsheviks until an assassination attempt (a 10,000 ruble reward was posted for him) forced him to flee with his family overland to Hankou, passing through the Gobi Desert. However, Alexander Dutov was assassinated when he escaped to China. At the time China did not recognize the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and Balabanov being invited to China by the Governor of the nearest Province as an equal was supplied with a small stipend while in China to pay for expenses. When he and his family had arrived in Hankou, after 6 months of hard travel, and he went to the best hotel in the city, he startled the hotel management by his appearance, with dirty furs and ragged clothing, they were almost kicked out of the hotel until Balabanov gave proof of his identity. Balabanov and his family stayed in Hankou for 6 years before emigrating to Vancouver on the RMS Empress of Russia with the help of Western Missionaries in Shanghai. He settled with his family (Clara, Basil, Taras), Galina Doubroff, and Olga Lapka and lived on a farm in Richmond, Vancouver, and in Grand Forks, British Columbia teaching Russian. His family struggled with the change of life and depression in Canada, Balabanov never wanting to talk much about his previous life. He died in 1947. References Notes 1873 births 1947 deaths People from Bakhmut People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Turkestan Politicians of the Russian Empire Emigrants from the Russian Empire to China Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Canada White Russian emigrants to China White Russian emigrants to Canada