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Russians in New York Vote in Opposition Elections
Olga Golovanova (center) and Pavel Ivlev (right) helped Boris Kuznetsov (left) register to vote. Credit: REBEKAH MINTZER Almost a year after Russians first took to the streets in Moscow, St....
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Election Language Barrier for Russian Speakers in New York City
Governor Cuomo’s quiet veto means ballots and instructions in Tuesday’s election won’t be translated into Russian – again. On Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn the Russian language can be heard and...
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Hurricane Sandy Devastates Sheepshead Bay Business Owners
Small businesses run by immigrants from the former Soviet Union are struggling to get back on their feet in Sandy’s aftermath. Freezers and equipment were overturned and damaged by Hurricane Sandy at...
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Ukrainian restaurant still thriving in New York’s East Village
The exterior of Veselka, a popular Ukrainian restaurant on Second Avenue. Photo credit: REBEKAH MINTZER When Tom Birchard, owner of Veselka, a well-known Ukrainian restaurant in New York’s East Village...
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A Neighborhood Advocate Waits Out the Storm
Pat Singer and Janet Veksler chat in Singer’s apartment in Brighton Beach. Photo credit: REBEKAH MINTZER It’s the day before Thanksgiving and Pat Singer is expecting 13 guests at her Brighton Beach...
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Russian Comic Seeks Humor Bridge for Generation Gap
Gary Spielberg at his grandma’s flat. Photo by Dasha Lisitsina/GlobalCityNYC In his locally viral YouTube video series “Sh– Russian Grandmas Say,” Brighton Beach comedian and filmmaker Gary Spielberg...
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Khodorkovsky in New York: Promoting a New Platform for Change in Russia
Mikhail Khodorkovsky at a news conference in Berlin after his December 2013 release from prison in Russia. Photo by Michael Sohn/Associated Press Mikhail Khodorkovksy, the former oil tycoon imprisoned...
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Sunday Shkola: Judaism in Translation
Rabbi Benyamin Goldsmith and the children at Sunday Shkola. Photo by Sunday Shkola. Rina Lyampe, an artist who emigrated from Moscow 15 years ago, leans over her pupils, holding one’s paintbrush and...
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Russian Orthodox in Brighton Beach Struggle to Keep Their Place
Church of Our Lady the Inexhaustible Chalice in Brighton Beach. Photo by Dasha Lisitsina/GlobalCityNYC A Russian Orthodox Church in the predominantly Jewish area of Brighton Beach is now in dire...
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Interest in Contemporary Russian Literature Grows in US
Official Poster for Russia’s Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin One cultural consequence of the international crisis in Ukraine and the worsening of U.S.-Russian relations is that Americans are...
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Khodorkovsky’s Largely Unheard Message to the Russian Diaspora
When dissident Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky toured the U.S. this month to promote his civil society movement Open Russia, he took care to reach out to Russian emigres. “The Russian diaspora...
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White Russian Nostalgia for Their Ancestors’ Homeland
Prince Vladimir K. Galitzine in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (Upper East Side). Photo by Tatyana Ilienko-Chung, GlobalCity NYC. One of New York City’s most famous ethnic enclaves is...
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One City, Many Cultures
Global City NYC reporters explore religious, culinary and cultural traditions in the city’s ethnic neighborhoods. By Charmaine Nero Yole Beauty Salon features fast, inexpensive hair care, catering to...
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Not all Russians are from Russia
The Brighton Beach subway stop. (Photo by Stephan Bisaha, GlobalCityNYC ) Nearly two and a half decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, granting its former satellites newfound independence, the...
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Embracing English in a Russian haven
Brighton Beach in Brooklyn is New York City’s most prominently Russian neighborhood. Restaurants along Brighton Beach Avenue are more likely to have menus written in Cyrillic, the script used in...
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