She, a 13-month-old girl with a congenital deformity of her legs, was adopted by an American family from an orphanage in Irkutsk. Today the name of this girl is known all over the world. The story of Jessica Long, a thirteen-time Paralympic swimming champion, is told by the Voice of America. Her story is truly unique. ...
In perestroika times, foreign countries seemed to Russians a promised land: it is easier to make money in the USA, the people there are exceptionally friendly, education and medicine are at the highest level. Many were leaving. Some eventually decided to return. RIA Novosti tells the story of Andrei (he did not ask for his last name ...
I am standing in the kitchen of a restaurant in Hong Kong, which has already become my home. Half an hour ago, the cash register was gushing with receipts, and now it has calmed down, so I have a few free minutes. How long? Nobody knows that. The kitchen is a confrontation ...
All is well that ends well. The Kravitz family has been waiting for the reunion for 15 long years. Alexey and Galina moved to America in 2001 with their daughter Olga, while their son Pavel had to stay in Ukraine. And only recently he received a visa and ...
From heaven to earth - this can be said about Svetlana Ostannaya. In Russia, Svetlana worked as a flight attendant. Having married a Cuban, she brought him to Russia. A few years later, the family moved to Miami, where Svetlana became a culinary guide. Is it easy to start...
There is no place for chance in the success story of Max Barsky's group. Today the band of Max Barskikh is one of the most popular and demanded on the diverse Ukrainian scene. But it was not always so. The success of Max Barskikh's band is the result of many years of hard work multiplied by ...
Olya Gamol, 27, who won the Green Card in 2015 and has been living in Chicago for a year, shares her impressions with Gloss.ua. Olya is from the city of Rivne, and before moving to the USA she lived in Kyiv. Currently working in the finance department at...
The Ukrainian Christmas melody "Shchedryk" is better known to the world under the name Carol of the Bells. Everyone has heard it many times in films and advertisements, but few people know that the author of this music is the famous Ukrainian composer Nikolai Leontovich, who worked on it ...
The history of the Russian consulate in San Francisco dates back to 1852. To control the North American lands inhabited by Russian explorers and entrepreneurs, the tsar needed a strong man in the United States. The choice fell on William Montgomery Steward, about whom, besides the fact that he was ...
Jakey and Karen Spencer call the local Chick-fil-A cafe every day to order breakfast. But on Monday morning they had a slightly different request: instead of the usual menu, they asked for a boat to rescue them from a flooded house. By coincidence, in ...