From a scientific institute to Hollywood: the success story of the Odessa winner of the green card

From childhood, Lev Savitsky from Odessa was fond of photography, but decided to study stem cells. When he realized that he had seen more happy photographers than scientists, he dropped out of science. After winning the green card, he decided to move to America. Today, his posters adorn Times Square in ...

Revelation of the immigrant: to get rid of nostalgia, you need 7 years

Anastasia Yatsuk was born in Hungary, spent most of her life in Russia, but for the last 8 years she lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. A year ago, Anastasia received American citizenship, in October 2016 she launched her own clothing line under the TextileHaus brand and does not intend to stop ...

Moldovan couple from the United States reunited with their daughter, who was confused in the hospital

Vera and Nikolai Lashtur from the Moldovan town of Cimislia are already approaching 70; in October they first met their own daughter Valentina. Valentina is 39, she grew up in a different family all her life - the girls were mixed up while swimming in the maternity hospital on March 27, 1978...

Marry an American: Marriages of Our Immigrants

The Internet is replete with stories about Russian-speaking girls marrying men from the United States. At the same time, it is very difficult to find a couple in which, on the contrary, a native of the post-Soviet space is married to an American. And it’s not clear whether American women rarely...

How the Russian community lives in Boston

“Boston has one of the largest Russian-speaking communities in America. Boys, girls, grandparents - don't count. Children mimic instantly, old people do not change. The Boston type of Russian emigrants, as a rule, is radically different from the New York type. In almost everything, except for one thing: and...

Personal experience: how to adapt in the USA if you are not created for immigration

They say that there are people created for immigration, and there are not created for it. I'm probably a person belonging to the first category. I had a great job, a stable income and very good prospects. When I said that I was leaving, they simply did not understand me. ...

What did it cost to fight for the green card for so long

Do you want to live in another country, but do not know how to do it? Perhaps, as in a bearded joke, it is worth buying a lottery ticket. As part of a series of materials about fellow citizens who moved to live abroad, Lenta.ru publishes a story by Maria Popova, whose family moved from Yekaterinburg to ...

The story of a psychiatrist from Russia who moved to Israel and then to the USA

Not everyone succeeds in leaving for another country and achieving success in their profession there. All that remains is to rejoice when a compatriot does not forget about his homeland and wants to share his achievements with it. The story of the well-known doctor Yakov Eidlin, who left Russia for ...

How is the first acquaintance with America

Like a lost child, the emigrant stands with his head raised - maybe the tears will flow back into his eyes? A world moves around him, where each molecule has a purpose: an office, an apartment, a dog for a walk, a bad tooth. Each goal has its own emotion, like a stamp on an envelope: ...

Accepting applications for the Green Card Lottery ends in 2 week

Exactly 2 weeks left until the deadline for accepting applications for the Green Card 2017 lottery. All applicants must have time to send documents before November 7, 2016. This lottery is still one of the most popular ways to immigrate to the United States for many residents of the countries ...

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