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Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

American irony: how an immigrant from Russia mixed up houses, almost became an alcoholic by court verdict and found new friends

This story may seem incredible to the average American, but it looks quite ordinary for an immigrant from the post-Soviet space, who has been familiar with Eldar Ryazanov's cult film The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath since childhood. Viktor Kislitsyn (not his real name) moved to the US in the 1990s…

Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

What got the most famous American scammers who deceived millionaires and the US government

Exactly 95 years ago, in July 1928, the last chapters of the newly written novel The Twelve Chairs were published in the literary magazine Thirty Days, which can be considered the birth of Ostap Bender, a favorite of several generations of readers. Some of the…

Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

First video: children in California tried themselves as bloggers

Nine-year-old Alice has a serious task ahead of her: to suddenly jump out of an ambush imitating a snake and thereby scare her friends, who jumped on the bench in horror. True, the girl herself assures: she is not a dangerous reptile at all, but only a harmless snake, and explains in detail how snakes differ ...

Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

Holidays in Europe: 5 reasons to visit Hungary

Summer is a traditional time for holidays, when many immigrants from post-Soviet countries living in the United States set off to travel around Europe. Against the backdrop of Spain, Italy or France, beloved by tourists, Hungary traditionally turns out to be deprived of the attention of vacationers. At the same time in this country...

Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

From a nuclear strike to a ban on abortion: the most ridiculous proposals of Russian strategists to win the war

A full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for almost a year and a half. At the same time, Russian “successes” on the battlefield are extremely far from what can even be called a victory with a stretch. Obviously, realizing this, Russian officials, propagandists and ideologists are offering more and more ...

Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

On unfulfilled probabilities: why is anti-war creativity needed and does it help to stop Russia

On July 1, the tour of the famous actor Anatoly Bely with the solo performance "I'm Here" ended in the USA. The hero of the performance is a touching, confused, direct to the point of comicality "lost man" - a traveler with two backpacks, going nowhere. This is a man laughing through tears, frantically trying to build ...

Evgeny Ushomirsky

Historian, tour guide

Across the seas and glaciers - to the White House: the history of the table in the Oval Office

The Oval Office of the White House houses a wooden table that has been used by 22 US presidents from 1880 to the present day. The story began at sea, with the search for the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; the first expeditions with this mission were sent ...

Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily

About heroism, torture and victory in the war: a meeting was held in the USA with a participant in the defense of Mariupol

On June 29, at Stanford University (California), a meeting was held with one of the participants in the defense of Mariupol and Azovstal, Azov fighter Arseniy Fedosyuk, his wife Yulia, as well as the wife of Azov commander Denis Prokopenko, Ekaterina Prokopenko. Now women head the Association of Families of Azovstal Defenders...

Inheritance, immigration, divorce and marriage: how to get important registry office documents and why they are needed

All people on the planet encounter civil registry offices: from birth to death. And between these two starting points, many events occur that are subject to state registration: marriages, divorces, name changes, births of children - and so on in a circle, from generation to...

Julia Gorodetskaya

Blogger ForumDaily

Personal experience: what is a library in America

I don’t know how you feel about libraries, but I have strongly disliked them all my adult life. Semi-dark halls smelling of perennial dust, unkind employees with low wages. Even 5 university years could not change my attitude. And then we moved to New York. One day children ...

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