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War and Peace Characters Come to New York
(Photo from Kazino by Chad Batka) The main heroes of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Natasha Rostova, her cousin Sonia, Pierre Bezukhov, Anatole Kuragin and other representatives of Russian elite from...
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A Day in the Life of a Horse Carriage Driver [see the SlideDeck] Horse carriage driver Natasha Kabanova works out of Clinton Park Stables, the largest stable in the city. Kabanova came to the United...
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‘Coming Out’ as a Russian Immigrant
(Photo by Jennifer Lehman for Voices of NY) In her new one-woman show “My Stubborn Tongue,” actress and writer Anna Fishbeyn tells the story of how she reconciled with her Russian-Jewish identity after...
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A Symphony in Glass
Tatiana Tret (Photo via Russkaya Reklama) It does not seem that long ago that Tatiana Tretiakova, an American artist [born in Russia] now known as Tatiana Tret, displayed only a few of her works as...
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Brooklyn Center Haven for Traditional Dance From the Caucasus
(Photo via Russkaya Reklama) Tovushi is the name of the Kavkazi Jewish Youth Center on Avenue Z in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. In English, “Tovushi,” translated from Judeo-Tat, or the Juhuri language of...
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Stateless in Riverdale
Nikolai Levashov, who is in an immigration limbo, speaks to reporters about his stateless situation during an interview on Oct. 16. (Photo by Photo by Adrian Fussell via The Riverdale Press) Nikolai...
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A Russian-English Program in an UWS Public School?
P.S. 191, on West 61st Street, one target of efforts at establishing a Russian dual-language program made by Julia Stoyanovich, Olga Ilyashenko, and others (Photo by Jakcons Chen via Manhattan Express)...
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Getting Russian and Creole on the Ballot?
(Photo via Fort Greene Focus) Voting materials and interpreter services for Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Bengali speaking voters in the city are available, and one long-time Chinese interpreter...
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Why No Kosher Russian Restaurants Exist in NYC
Brighton Beach, home to many Russian Jews but no kosher Russian restaurants (Photo by japp1967, Creative Commons license) “How is it that a city like New York would not have a kosher Russian...
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