10 immigration facts you didn't know

The US has more immigrants than any other country in the world. Today more than 40 million people living in the United States were born in another country. This is one fifth of the world's immigrants. The immigrant population in the United States is very diverse. It is interesting that almost every visitor is represented ...

How do our actors live in emigration

People who talk about moving from one country to another are divided into 2 categories: some say that everything is for the best, while others sigh with the words “well, who needs me there”. After many years of living in America with the actress Irina Shmeleva ...

Athos, Porthos and Atheist: three stories of the New York homeless from the former USSR

Once, getting off the subway to Sheepshead bay and seeing a beggar with a glass at the door, I spontaneously decided to get rid of a pound of small change accumulated in my pocket and threw it to the bottom with a crash. The beggar, obviously feeling the weight of the donation dishes, nodded contentedly ...

In New York, a Ukrainian was arrested for taking out rifle sights

Law enforcement agencies in New York have arrested a Ukrainian who is accused of illegally exporting controlled military technology to Ukraine, rtvi.com reports. The full list of charges is available to journalists on the US Department of Justice website. Volodymyr Nedoviz, together with his accomplices, sold rifle sights and thermal imagers to buyers in Ukraine ...

The history of Muscovite, who moved to the state of Michigan and lived in the US for half his life

Moving to another country at a young age means not only getting more opportunities for assimilation and in order to successfully settle in a new place. This is also a test, because you have to leave your parents and friends. Among those who nevertheless decided ...

As a pianist from Kyrgyzstan, got on the stage of Carnegie Hall

Pianist Azamat Sydykov became the first Kyrgyzstani to perform in the legendary concert hall, on the stage of Carnegie Hall. The debut took place in 2014, and since then Azamat Sydykov has been living in New York, giving concerts and teaching. The musician ended up in America thanks to a chance acquaintance on social networks. ...

How to make a million: success stories of Ukrainians in the USA

  They are all immigrants who have found the American dream. Each of them moved to the USA for different reasons: to study, to find themselves, because of personal tragedy. We started from scratch - without money, connections, but with ideas and desire...

How does the Ukrainian giant live in the USA

To the question “Who is the tallest man in the USA?” For six years now, one answer has been given: Igor Vovkovinsky. The height of the Ukrainian, who lives in Minnesota, is 2 meters 34 centimeters. In 2010, he entered the Guinness Book of Records, replacing...

As the Russian named after Dovlatov a crossroads in New York

Alexey Rubin is an ordinary Russian immigrant. In Moscow, he graduated with honors from the Russian University of Oil and Gas and received an engineering degree. But he did not want to work by profession. Alexei decided to go to the USA and see how Americans live. It was 16 ...

Brighton Beach elects a president: for whom will the “Russian” district of New York vote

A little less than a week is left before the US presidential election. On November 8, Americans will learn the name of the new head of the White House. On the eve it became known that the candidate for the presidency of the United States from the Republican Party Donald Trump for the first time outstripped the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in sympathy ...

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