Claim: Tom Meschery (born Tomislav Nikolayevich was born from Russian emigrants who fled the October Revolution in 1917, and then he and his family relocated to Canada after World War II.
Evidence: Thomas Nicholas Meschery (born Tomislav Nikolayevich Meshcheryakov (Russian: Томислав Николаевич Мещеряков); October 26, 1938) is a Russian American former professional basketball player. 
Meschery was born as Tomislav Nikolayevich Meshcheryakov in Harbin, Manchukuo.