Summary(0:59) Coming from Russia, Kazakhstan and Georgia to Brooklyn -- (3:28) Reasons for coming to Brooklyn -- (4:55) Getting a Green card, missing family at home -- (6:44) Coming from Georgia -- (7:32) Being a political immigrant, working in Bay Ridge with sick children and as home attendant -- (9:16) Wanting to stay but have to pass exam -- (10:11) The climate in Russia -- (11:24) Floods forcing people to move -- (13:35) Differences between climate in Russia and New York -- (16:26) Experiencing the same cold since childhood -- (17:33) Climate similar in New York and Kazakhstan and Georgia -- (20:51) Experiencing hotter climates with more floods -- (23:44) Feelings about the climate.
NoteAudio interview conducted on October 26, 2018, by Genesis Baez at the Central library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Elvira Khizbulling, Lyudmila Petrova, Tatiana Popova & Lali Tchunia on 2018 October 26.