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elizabeth  ·  3206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: #russiabyforeigners: non-Russians of Hubski, tell us what you think of Russia!

He's from Khabarovsk, but he'd pass as German anytime. I do agree that his views are very different from a person living in Moscow. I dont really agree with a lot of what he said but it was an interesting perspective so I felt like sharing ;)





goobster  ·  3205 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a funny bit of synchronicity... I was just researching the Jewish Autonomous Oblast - the only official Jewish establishment outside of Israel - and Khabarovsk is right at the corner of the JAO!

elizabeth  ·  3201 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Berobijian from what I heard was ussrs attempt the exile Jews to Siberia more diplomatically than sending them to the gulag. One of my grandfather had "Jew" as his nationallity in his passport (he was born in ukraine) and I remember getting into countless debates about the question back in high school. Here in Canada you can be Israeli, being a Jew is not a nationality . Brings back some memories... I don't really know where I was going with this comment anymore