Oral History Archive

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Khonya Epstein
Author and leader of the Holocaust Survivors Group at Marks JCH of Bensonhurst
Lolita Divilova
Community Board 13 member and Brightwater Towers homeowner and board member
Leonid Alaverdov
Tapestry artist and Coney Island resident whose work is inspired by his native Baku and New York City
Father Maxim Pliskov
Russian Orthodox priest at Coney Island's St. John of Kronstadt Chapel for the Homeless
Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn
Betya Shenker
Memories of World War II in Ukraine and immigrating to Southern Brooklyn
Sofya Lobova
A longtime resident of Haber Houses and leader of the Russian-speaking community
Ellina Graypel
Singer, musician and composer who lives in Sea Gate
Olga Martynchuk
Mother of professional boxing star Nikita Ababiy
Stanislav Baev
Coney Island resident and founder of the not-for-profit American Alliance for Protection of Animals
Olga Lozar
A Sea Gate resident who is a Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the pleasures of winter swimming
Naum Barash
A Coney Island Polar Bear recounts his 50 years of winter swimming in Ukraine and Brooklyn
Zinovy Pritsker
Musician and founder of a jazz big band recounts his journey from Leningrad to Southern Brooklyn
Aisuluu Sartbaeva
Journalist and PTA President of I.S. 303 moved to Coney Island from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia
Slava Polishchuk
Russian-born artist preserves the past as book and paper conservator at Brooklyn College Library
Boris Kotlyar
Mermaid Spa founder talks about bringing the Russian banya tradition to Coney Island
Galina Mogurova
Surviving Hurricane Sandy in Coney Island's West End
Tatyana Panteleyeva
From Tbilisi, Georgia to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn