America, land of opportunity, has become one of the most popular retreats for ambitious seekers of a successful life. And in most cases they are still making. Poets, Smoking at home, in the USA wrote his best works, the young guys get the inspiration for the Grand opening. Here are just 7 of the most famous immigrants from the Soviet Union and the former Soviet Union, which managed to realize in the United States and to become famous all over the world.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
writer (Russia)
An outspoken opponent of the Stalinist regime, Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen more for security reasons. Pursued by the Soviet government, he was forced to hide in a more democratic country.
In 1970 Solzhenitsyn was nominated for the Nobel prize, but to her he did not come, fearing the wrath of the Soviet leadership.
However, in 1994, the writer was able to return to his native Russia.
Joseph Brodsky
poet, translator (from Russian)
Anefo / Croes, R.C. — Dutch National Archives
Perhaps one of the most famous immigrants was born in 1940 in Leningrad to a Jewish family. To write poems Joseph started with 18, but he has absolutely no relations with the Soviet authorities. First, the poet was in exile in the Russian province on charges of parasitism, then the country is deprived of his citizenship.
Thanks to friends, Brodsky was in the United States. Here he was able to quickly adapt to the local culture and traditions, although he led a very solitary life. The move had a beneficial impact on the career of the poet: in 1987, Joseph Brodsky was awarded the Nobel prize in literature.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
dancer, ballet dancer (from Latvia)
Readers USA.one probably find out in charming the man with the warm eyes with the Russian boyfriend of Carrie Bradshaw — the heroine of the cult TV series «sex and the city». Baryshnikov, who played in the series, Russian artist, really has a direct relationship to the arts: he is a ballet dancer.
Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in 1948 in Riga. He studied at the Leningrad choreographic school. On the West was the most unexpected way: one day, came on tour to Canada and after a successful performance… ran away. And since then never visited Russia.
American Ballet Theatre Baryshnikov has made impressive progress, becoming «the most successful defector.»
Sergey Brin
the founder of Google, an engineer, a programmer (from Russia)
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The future co-founder of Google was born in Moscow in 1973 into a family of mathematicians. In those years the Jewish community in the Soviet Union had hard times, so the family had moved to the United States.
At the University of Maryland, Brin studied mathematics and computer technology. Then he enrolled in Stanford University where he met Larry page.
Young talented engineers quickly found a common language and organized the business which turned the whole world. Google’s search engine that displays pages according to their popularity, is now used worldwide.
Interesting fact: the name of a search engine is derived from the mathematical term «googol»meaning the number with 100 zeros.
Milla Jovovich
model, actress (Ukraine, Russia)
In 1972, in Kiev, a Montenegrin doctor and a Russian actress born daughter. After some 10-11 years they will realize that their girl is one in a million.
Milla grew up in Moscow, and in the 1980s, along with his parents were in the United States. At the age of 11 she began to take the first steps in the modeling business, acting for popular magazines. And at age 13 started making films.
Milla still speaks perfect Russian, at least well in French and Serbian. In 2010, she starred in the romantic Comedy «Vykrutasy», showing, how many the Russian.
Jan Koum
the founder and top Manager of WhatsApp, a developer (from Ukraine)
Hardly a little boy from Fastov suspected that one day I will invent something literally difficult to put down.
Yang was born into a Jewish family in 1976. In 1992, together with her mother and grandmother emigrated to the U.S. and went to meet my future opening.
The godfather of those «losers» that would eventually overtake the standouts. His way he started a salesman in the grocery store. And then another, and dropped out at University. But got a job in Yahoo, and soon came up with the most popular messenger.
Mila Kunis
actress (Ukraine)
Making his top, we could not get around one mile. Beauty with huge captivating eyes was born in the Ukrainian Chernivtsi, in a Jewish family. When the girl was 7 years old, the family emigrated to the United States. This country and helped Mila kunis to pave the way to glory.
Today actress active in films and is photographed for the covers of magazines. In 2017, she entered the top five highest paid Actresses of Hollywood. Her income at that time amounted to $15.5 million.
