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The first Russian citizen known to have become a permanent resident of Australia was John Potocki who landed in Hobart Tasmania on 18 February 1804. Potocki arrested in England was sentenced to hard labour in Tasmania. According to Potocki’s own account recorded by Captain Lazarev in 1820 he served in the Russian Army during the reign of Catherine II. In 1810 Potocki was released by British authorities and settled in Hobart permanently.
