In 1917 he witnessed the Russian Revolution, which eventually brought the Bolsheviks into power and also destroyed Ryan's family's business. Minsk was on the front lines in the First World War. In 1919, I fled a country that had traded in despotism for insanity.” ― Andrew Ryan Īndrew Ryan, born in a village near Minsk in the Russian Empire (modern-day Belarus), grew up in a Jewish-Belarusian family during the reign of the Tsar.
History Early Life in the Russian Empire (Belarus) “ My journey to Rapture was my second exodus. 1.1 Early Life in the Russian Empire (Belarus).
