for them. To sum up, they look after the sheep and some of them listen to the radio or play the guitar in their long days not to be bored. But since the Soviet Union refused to recognize Francoist Spain, the Spanish children in Russia (mostly born to Basque communists) spent the Second World War and the following decades in the Soviet Union, many of them forming families with Soviet citizens. Some of them migrated to Cuba after the Cuban Revolution. Now the survivors live in Russia as retirees with help from the Spanish governments. Asia There is a small, but thriving Basque population based in Asia. Some of the first Christian missionaries in Asia were of Basque descent, such as the Jesuit Francis Xavier who died on Sancian Island off the Chinese Coast. The Jesuit Pedro Arrupe was a witness of the Hiroshima atomic bomb in 1945. Philippines Basque immigrants comprised a big part, if not most, of the Spanish expatriate population of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. Most of them were soldiers and sailors in the military and navy of the viceroyalty of New Spain, merchants, missionaries, and clergy. Families of Basque ancestry, over time, slowly integrated into the Philippine social landscape, developing themselves into some of the most prominent families in the country. Basque descendants in the Philippines today consider themselves to be Filipinos and remain influential in the business and political sectors of the country. They include the Aboitiz family, the Zobel de Ayala family, the Araneta family and political clans like the Zubiri and the Ozámiz families. In documentaries 2012 Guk, we (Nuria Vilalta) 2010 Amerikanuak (Gorka Bilbao and Nacho Reig) 2007 ¡Gora Vasco! (Milonga de temple y carretilla)'' (Roberto Arizmendi) See also Carlos Loyzaga Azcárraga family Balmaceda family Larraín family Juana Inés de la Cruz Agustín de Iturbide Che Guevara Simón Bolívar Pedro Arrupe Thunder in the Sun Francis Xavier José Mujica List of Basques References External links The Basque Club of North Queensland, Australia Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno Cenarrusa Center for Basque Studies, Boise State University Basque organization working with the diaspora, Bayonne "Basques Around the World, Generic Emigrants or Diaspora?" by Gloria P. Totoricagüena: People of Basque descent Human migration Basque culture European diasporas