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In this interview, recorded on November 27th, 2015, Kaia Neal (13) interviews her grandmother, Alice Kurtz (69) about her childhood growing up in New York. She talks about growing up during the Cold War and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Plus...

Rachel Hayimov interviews her mother Margarita Kholdarova. She learns about her moms childhood and the changes that came about in her life. It was a chance for Rachel to get to know her mom more and about her past. She...

Nina shares stories of her life in Russia, from childhood memories of trips to Moscow to a summer spent by the Baltic Sea.

Interviewing my dad about life growing up, the military, and recalling fun stories.

I talked to my grandma, Valentina, and we talked about her happiest and hardest memories, a person who she’ll always remember and what that person taught her, and what she is proudest of in her life.

We talked about her childhood and where she’s lived. Along with this, we discussed life experiences and how they’ve impacted her life.

Adventures of the CIA recruits’ efforts to interrupt the Communist festival in Finland.

Lithuania to USA as a displaced person sponsored by a basketball player.

I interviewed my mom (Karina Glosman) about her immigration story, coming from Russia to the United States. We discussed her earliest memories in America, assimilation, financial challenges, her role models, and proudest moments in her life.

In this interview on Sunday, November 25, Sergei Eliseev (16) interviews his dad, Roman Eliseev (48), about his life in the Soviet Union. Roman shares his experiences in Soviet schools and his daily life, along with his military service. He...

A Little story about my mother moving to live to another country by herself at 18.

Jennifer Beard talks with her colleague, Professor Rich Feeley, about his global health career. They taught together in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health for 14 years. Rich devoted his career to working...

Lloyd Torgove - 96 years old, Michael (Misha) Clasby - 36 years old. Yiddish, Russian Jewish Immigrant family experience, WW2, St. Louis, Nahant MA, Boston Hotel, YoYo in the 1930’s US, Life Wisdom

I interviewed my mom, Elena Skourletos, about her personal experiences of being an immigrant from the Soviet Union to America.

Colleagues Heather Hartman-Hall (50) and Daniel "Dan" Marchalik (37) reflect on their paths to their current careers, their work on well-being in health care, and the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We mainly talked about my family’s heritage/ occupations and my dad’s childhood, but we also talked about how he met my mom and where they spent their honeymoon.

Spencer Strellis (80) talks to his daughter, Paisley Strellis (35) about his childhood in Chicago, and his experience moving to Guam and French Morocco. He also talks about his career as a public defense attorney, his family, his children, and...

Joshua Furman (age 9) interviews his paternal grandmother (age 69) about her immigration to the United States from Russia. Key points discussed include why she left Russia and the move to the states.

Iaroslav Riabinin: 2021-05-27 16:56:36

Alice is 16 and my mom is 41 and our relationship is mom and daughter. My mom was a Latvian(Was born when it was still Russia at the time) and this is about her story on her moving to the...

My mother’s struggles with the fall of the Soviet Union and the wars in Georgia. Then the struggles she had with immigration and language barriers. Finally how she overcame them now.

In this interview, recorded November 28 2022 in Denver, Colorado Ezri Peterson (15) interviews her grandmother Betty Peterson about the origins of her side of the family. Betty shares that her grandparents had come from Russia. She also says that...

I talk to my friend from dance, Julia, who was adopted from Russia with her twin sister Andrea. We talk about her being an immigrant at the age of 15 months and what she remembers about Russia.

One Small Step conservation partners Mark Heithaus (39) and Jean Morgan (70) have a conversation about religion and their experiences traveling abroad.

Abraham Goldbaum talks to his grandson, Daniel Stock, and daughter, Ruth Goldbaum, about his love of music, life as an activist and traveling with his wife, Etta. Now at 100 years of age, he continues to sing in the rock...