Window to "Russian America"

August, 2012

Four episodes on the TV channel "Kultura” (Culture)

<…> On which of the "Russian Americans" did the director of the films, who is also the scriptwriter, Russian American Nina Zaretskaya stop her eyes? Here are their names:

Solomon Volkov, Alexander Genis, Grisha Bruskin, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov <…>

Volkov and Genis arrived from Russia in the 70s, Bruskin and Kabakov - in the late 80s, all four continued to work in America in their own field: Volkov and Genis as writers and culturologists, Bruskin and Kabakov as artists (Bruskin recently acts as a writer too!), all four "persons involved" in the cycle have known success in America.

In twenty-five-minute films, they talk about themselves.

<…> It's hard to tell about four films in a short blog - believe me, they are worth watching!

Irina Chaykovskaya for magazine "Сhаyka" (Seagull)

Full text – on the Russian version of the site