6 Russian People Who Changed the USA
1) Sergey Brin – Google
Sergey Brin, who was born August 21, 1973, in Moscow, became a co-founder of Google, Inc., the world’s largest Internet company, providing users with a technology of search and a number of other important features in on-line world. In 2009 he was ranked as the 26th richest person in the world by Forbes. He immigrated to the United States in his childhood, when he was just 6, and when Sergey grew up, he began to study mathematics, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. First, Brin got a diploma of the University of Maryland, and then he became Ph.D in computer science at Stanford.
Right there he made friends with Larry Page, who became his soul- brother and main companion in developments. Together they created the strongest search engine ever on the basis of Brin’s data mining system. Soon afterwards in a local garage they founded Google, which motto is universally accessible and useful. If you don’t believe this information, then google it:)
2) Igor Sikorsky – Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Igor Sikorsky (25 May, 1889 – 26 October, 1972) is a Russian-American pioneer of aviation, who actually designed and the world’s first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft. Without this man world probably would not get helicopter so soon, he is always called as first helicopter inventor.
In 1925 he founded Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, which is one the main helicopter manufacturers.
3) Vladimir Nabokov – Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov (22 April, 1899 – 2 July, 1977) was the great Russian novelist. He emigrated from Russia to England (1919), then to Germany (1922), and then to the USA (1940), where he settled down in Manhattan. He never wrote in Russian after he came to the USA, though translated his works in English into Russian.
Nabokov’s Lolita (1955) is considered to be one of the most prominent novels in literature. How much influence this word caused on the human minds we all can only guess now. He also was interested in entomology and chess problems.
4) Vladimir Zworykin – television
Vladimir Zworykin(July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) is a Russian-American pioneer of television technology. That is he who created the father of modern TV-sets and TV network. Zworykin decided to emigrate from Russia during the Civil War, and so left for the USA in 1918. Soon, though, he came back and supported the White movement in Siberia, but with the death of Aleksandr Kolchak, who headed it in the region, Zworykin decided to move to the US for good. He played a very important role in the development of television from the early thirties.
5) Milla Jovovich – The Fifth Element
Milla Jovovich (December 17, 1975) an Ukrainian-born American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. In 1981 she was at the age of five, her family left the Soviet Union for London as political refugees, and over some time they ended up in Los Angeles, California. She became a model at eleven and since that time has worked for Revlon, L’Oréal, Banana Republic, Christian Dior, Donna Karan and Versace. She also became a television and movie star and appeared in Return to the Blue Lagoon, The Fifth Element, and Resident Evil with its sequels.
6) Voronov brothers - Warner Brothers Entertainment
Wonsal (Voronov) brothers, who emigrated from the Russian Empire (from the part that is now Poland), founded American film company Warner Brothers Entertainment, which is now one of the largest producers of films all over the world, based in California.
Three elder brothers started working in the industry yet in 1903, and showed films to miners in Pennsylvania and Ohio. That year they also founded their first cinema Cascade. In 1904 the brothers set up Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, which was a forerunner of Warner Bros.
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OMG Russians cant achieve anything in Russia and they have to migrate to USA, the greatest and richest country on earth to pursue their dreams, aspirations and perspirations and be famous. No wonder most Russians are dying to move to USA
Again we prove that Russian people are not stupit, but very smart. Smart enough to emigrate to US or UK, wherentheir talent is appreciated and rewarded. They can develop!!! Russia then and now is extremely restrictive and oposed to innovation.
they actually hate russia
There are many more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_Americans
Warner Brothers were entirely polish people so please do not tell the lies…
Warner Brothers, Michel Thomas (foreign language teacher), and others from area of modern Poland. However, they were born in the Imperial Russia empire. They were born subjects of the Tzar. They can be call Russian because of the nation at time of birth. They refer to themselves as Polish, which is their right as the area is modern Poland. Both Russian and Polish reference are correct. It is simple fact. It is similar to how to refer to Stalin. Stalin is Georgian, but also Russian.
@hobbitofny
Stalin is Georgian, but also Russian.
That is so stupid I can’t believe you have written it.
So Russians can be successful, if they do not live among misery and alcoholics.
I don’t think you (Russians) can take credit for Sergei Brin, he was indeed born in Russia, but his family was forced to emigrate when he was 6, he has lived his whole life in America, learned in America, make his fortune in America, so it’s a little pathetic to read how you are so proud of him for being Russian-born when Russia has give him nothing neither him has made anything for what he is famous in Russia.
First of all, nobody was forced to emigrate. It was a decision that his family made. Stop believing everything you read on Wikipedia.
Second of all, he owes everything to his parents who are graduates of MGU (Moscow State University), which produced a great number of scientists including his parents. His parents are Russian-Jews and he was growing up with Russian traditions. I do agree that he has become more Americanized, but truth be told, he is Russian.
So, shut your dumb pie hole and go Google something.
In Soviet Russia noone emigrates, just defects.
In soviet russian shithole you could not make a decision to immigrate. Especially if you are a scientist. You could be deported to Austria, or sent out to one of the “closed” cities (Arzamas-16) where you basically under house arrest with “musors” checking on you morning and evening. So learn some history
Stop talking BS. People COULD emigrate from the USSR. But they wouldn’t be allowed to come back.
XyuH, Soviet Union was a great country, and far better then the backwater piece of shit country you live in. Retard.
soviet union never has been great country. By definition country full of slaves cannot be great. If only word “great” applies that would be Great Prison Camp.
a country full of slaves eh? well by your definition america hasn’t and isn’t a great country.
slaves power empires. empires can be great. not in the good sense, but they can suck up foreign natural resources and talent, like the usa did, and make great things. well the talent will make great things anyway
Stop talking BS. People COULD emigrate from the USSR. But they wouldn’t be allowed to come back.
XyuH, Soviet Union was a great country, and far better then the backwater piece of shit country you live in. Retard..
“you are so proud of him for being Russian-born.”
bullshit. I’m from Russia and I hear at first time about Sergey Brin and a fortiori I’m not proud of him.
And Warner Brothers were Belorussian Jews. Don’t distort the history please
Admin’s pride in this post is embarrassing.
Sergei Brin is a Jew, not a Russian.
Same with the “Warner” brothers who came from Poland.
While Poland was unfortunately part of the Russian empire in those days, someone coming from Poland then didn’t mean that they came from Russia. Just like when India was part of Britain it didn’t mean that Indians could claim they are British or that they come from Britain.
ALSO, most of the successful people in Soviet Russia were Jews, not Russians. Probably because the vast majority of the highest ranking communists were Jews. It was their Jewish culture which propelled them to success.
***READ ON “RUSSIAN” SCIENTISTS AND INTELLECTUALS AT WIKIPEDIA, >>>MOST<<< OF THEM ARE JEWISH***
There is definitely a sophisticated part to Russian culture but judging from the MANY people I know from the former USSR ***AND FROM THE CONTENT OF ENGLISHRUSSIA.COM***, Russian culture is relatively primitive. It hurts me to say so but if it wasn’t true admin wouldn’t have a reason to have this site.
Please spare us this Russian pride nonsense, and anyone who has read my posts for the last couple of years WILL ADMIT that I am a RUSSOPHILE, so no nonsense about racism or prejudice, it’s just that Russian culture is nowhere near as great as many Russians think it is.
Russia owes the JEWS ***BIG TIME*** (for Communism too)
Soviet culture and education not jewish
what mythical force prevents one from being a Russian Jew?
Why you be hatin’ Brosef?
PS I’m Jewish-American.
Why is Mila Jovovich on the list? She is not Russian, and she did not change the USA.
dude, she changed me, promise :D:D:D:D:D
Mila Jovovich is Serbian/Russian born in the Ukraine. She speaks Russian and calls herself Russian in interviews.
Brin - Moscow
Sikorsky - Kiev
Nabokov - St Petersburg
Zworykin - Murom
Jovovich - Kiev
Wonsal - Krasnosielc
So 50% of sucessful russians in USA aren’t born in Russia?
Moscow, SPb, Murom, Krasnosielc - russian cities.
Kiev - ukranian city.
One important thing you foreigners should know - Russia, Ukrain and Belorussia is 3 countries of one demos (nation), separated by frking politicians.
Even don’t try debate with me cuz about 95% of people reading englishrussia.com don’t know anything true about our country apart stupid myths and tags as “vodka”, “matryoshka”, “banya” etc.
I have 2 cousins in Kiev, 2 in Minsk, I live in Moscow.
Sorry for my poor enlish.
I just visit this site to gladly laugh over you fools and your stupied dilettantish disputes.
Look at pic and have fun.
Russian Empire and Sovien Union involved the countries you’ve mentioned
You can, no, you must learn history better if you want dispute and fewer listen to massmedia.
“Ukranian” is not ethnic term but geographic as Bavarian and Saxon. Ancient Rus had a centre in Kiev then princes to divided their lands so states were formed.
It is difficult for me to explain it in english.
Read Lev Gumilev’s works if you want understand all.
What nonsense. Ukrainian cities like Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Ternopil, Uzhorod never had anything to do with Russia, the were never part of the Russian empire, except for a, in historical view short, period of time (1940 - 1989, when they were annexed by the Soviet Union. Western Galicia, now the western part of Ukraine, was never part of the Russian empire, except for that brief period after WWII. Each time they had the chance, Ukraine tried to become independent of Russia. The first time in 1918 - which failed, and the second time, succesfully, in 1991. Ukraine is not just a geographic term, as you claim, it is distinctly the term to describe a nation and a language as well, alanguage spoken by the vast majority of people in Western and Central Ukraine. It is pure Russian propaganda to state that Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians all form oe nation, history and reality contradicts this.
Stop eat drugs dude.
All what u say is western propaganda.
Russia, Ukrain and Belorussia as countries started from Kievan Rus (Киевская Русь) - association of Slavic tribes with a centre in present Kiev. Through the centuries of wars between tribes these three countries were formed.
Western part of Ukrain and western Belorussia several times were parts of Poland, Sweden because of the wars.
You said Ukrain wasn’t in Rusiian Imperia, well do you know that even Poland, not Ukrain, was in it?
Argue with me about this is foolishly. What do you know about Russia, Ukrain and Belorussia? Nothing. I know a lot. I’ve born here, I have realatives in each of these countries, have many friends there. All the population is fluent in Russian language.
All what u know - ur propaganda. Watch nasty your news. They are totally lieing.
What a suprise to see that Nabokov is mentioned. No more better writers in Russia? Pasternak, for example. O yes, I forgot! Since communists didn’t like him, he probably doesn’t deserve to in the list and leaves his place for some Ukrainian girls.
They were born in Russian Empire. And I hate that fag Sergey Brin. He can go and google his ass.
Stop impersonating me, false Kirov!!! You are crazy with anger for not able to win a dialog with me !!! You are a loser and a bad loser !! Gulag for you!!
Sikorsky is from kiev, ukraine. same for Mila Jovovich fucking nubs do research first then post
She is not russian, only was born in USSR. Her mother still lives in Moskow.
Very interesting article. I am a teacher, this year my students are participating in National History Day. A nation wide competition held in the United States. The theme is innovation in history. I will share the information about people in this article with my students.
Sergey Brin is jewish origin, Milla Jovovich is ukrainian and has very polish sounding name, Igor Sikorsky has also born in Ukraine and has true polish origin, Voronov are also polish - why you make no difference between polish, ukrainan, baltic and russian? Its quite disturbing!
Best blood is blood of mixed nationalities
At related times, all that places were parts of Russia. This reason is quite sufficient. And we tend to not worry about nationalities inside the country, because we know as a fact after centuries of experience, that nationalism is a sort of sexual disease. For any normal man or woman difference in nationality is not an obstacle re. friendship or love or sex or whatever. So why the hell should I differentiate somehow specially ukranians or jews or polish, esp. if they are all have very mixed origins?
sikorskiy is great people, but soviet union hate them a long time.
It is noteworthy that Prigogine was not mentioned, while Jovovich was. O tempora, o mores!
Nothing noteworthy, get out
Impostors are funny. But it still doesn’t make you any less stupid.
That is probably because this contribution was about Rssuians in the USA, and Prigogine lived and worked in Belgium, has the Belgian nationality, and even is a member of the Belgian nobility with the title of “burggraaf” or viscount.
Except that he was Russian (émigré, to be sure, but not more so than Brin), and he was teaching at UT-Austin since 1959, splitting his time between there and Bruxelles, when he got his Nobel. Hook ‘em Horns!
Oh, and he was awarded the title of viscount in - drum roll, please - 1989. Clearly an honorary, not hereditary title.
Prigogine was an emigré and left the Soviet Union when he was four years old. He received Belgian citizenship when he was 32 years old, and got his noble title as a reward for his exceptional career - which is customary in Belgium. I still wonder why you want to claim someone who is obviously not American as American just because he was for some years teaching in Texas as well as in Brussels at the same time. In that case, you will have to adopt Jacques Chirac as American as well, because he studied in the USA.
ha, the pioneer of modern tv.
RCA travel records (his employer) show an interesting sojourn to a young american mormon’s home…
contributor, but perhaps not a sensationalist pioneer.
lol at the use of the term “Soul Brother.” What it is, Blood?
You can have #3 back, #5 and #6 aren’t Russian, and as for #4 he was a thief, stealing from Philo Farnsworth. So out of six there are actually only four Russians, one thief, so three remain, and none did their work in Russia.
I’m having a hard time seeing the Russian influence.
i love reading replies on these sites. maybe i’m just a sick person but their tears fuel my entertainment. it’s always the same spiteful and bitter people who fall in one of the following categories:
1) white trash from US. these rednecks were raised by dumbfuck sheep-humping farmeers who scared them to sleep every night with tales of vicious communists that are out to get them. educated by american public education system, they only began to tackle basic arithmetic in grade 8 at the early age of 15. because of a glaring flaws in the education system, these windowlickers had to resort to hollywood titles in likes of rocky 4 and red october to teach them geography and politics. these losers then proceeded to breed the retards you see posting on englishrussia.com
2) foreigners from countries so small and useless most people don’t even knows they exist (ie: finland, estonia). armed with a wikipedia and tears, these dingleberries are quick to point out all the horrible things soviets have done to their ancestors. despite never having to experience any of these horrible things, these losers still feel like they must somehow avenge their ancestors. how do they do it? simple– by following every russian article that has a comment section and flooding it with their bitter tears, seeking sympathy from anyone that will listen.
Not to mention the hysterical Russians who obviously shared the same education as the mentioned Rednecks and who are so paranoia they think world history is nothing but the story how the whole world - including the Australian Aboriginals, the inhabitants of Patagonia and the Pygmees and Hottentots are - just wants to destroy the Great Russian Motherland - which was during its whole history so poor and undefended and constantly under attalc that it became the largest country on earth.
Jovovic is Serbian-Russian extract. however she is not the only russian actress who made it big in unHollywood. Natalie Wood probably was the the forerunner.
As well as Yul Brynner.
why the hell do you people come on here just to bad mouth russia or america? i could be wrong but this site isn’t about proving who is better… isn’t it supposed to be just about interesting things that happen in russia… sometimes it’ll be something good and sometimes something not so good.
…russia has accomplished many amazing feats, and so has america, and they both have their faults (like every other country in the world).
watching of you people bicker and bad mouth each other is pretty weak, and it makes both countries look bad
i completely agree. my impression is that a bunch of teenagers come here to bicker. very sad.
You must be new to this site. Here, have a complimentary shot of vodka and a pickle.
instead of that ukrainian actress you should’ve included yuri gaggarin
Yuri Gagarin is russian, was born in Klushino under Smolensk.
Tódor Kármán , a hungarian engineer has already made a machine like helicopter in 1917, called PKZ, for more information about it, see this: http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/petroczy.php
Oh man, Kiev is Russian city which is situated in a strange artefact of the XX century called “the Ukraine”. In fact, the Ukraine is a part of Russia, and there are no “Ukrainians”, they’re all Russians. It the same shit as with the Yankee and the Dixie - though none is saying that the Yankees and the Dixies are different ethnics.
go study grammar retard, you can start with the section which explains the use of articles in geographical names.
after that go an fuck yourself, screaming loudly “there are no Ukrainians, they’re all Russians”
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Shut up. In the same way, I can tell what there were no any your stupid “magyarország”, it’s always was just a part of austrian empire. If you are as stupid as a donkey, and if you never learned history, when just put your opinion deep into the ass. Russia is just a little, swamp covered colony of Ukraine, and it always was so. All good, what ever was in Russia are from Ukraine, or from jews. Urainians is too tolerant and not bellicose, and theu are always suffer because of this.
All know that the history is written by winners: the USA has won, becoming undoubtedly the strongest world power, having disorganised the USSR without war. Now all of you learn that history: 1. America has saved the world in the Second World War. 2. The Soviet union - became world harm))). 3. Russia as the follower will be that and many other things that extols America and lowers its “enemies”. And the reality appears another: my girl from Ukraine, and it reflects sights of the majority of the population of Ukraine: 1. Russian - language of cultural people, an Ukrainian language - rural language. 2. In Ukraine all some areas where the Antirussian spirit (some centuries these areas were a part of speech Pospolitoj), is a mix half Poles, actually they that and consider themselves as the present Ukrainians, from these areas Yushchenko come also. People live in these areas not badly since on elections has won Yushchenko, other areas, except Donbasa and Kiev live in poverty, especially Crimea completely occupied by Russian and Tatars. Here also there is a struggle of the Prorussian east and the pro-American West, and the simple Ukrainian people, living in the country wants that who that bought the crop grown up by it, Russia or Europe to all of them is equal, but nevertheless wish to be on friendly terms with brothers Slavs, it is the reliable union. Ukraine was never a colony of Russia, it is fraternal people. Not to you, the American idiots us to judge. (Autotransfer)
Bad English, start learning hard, dude.
Brin should not be included. For one thing, he is a Jew, and we all know that Jews are responsible for all the ills of Mother Russia (yes, I am being sarcastic here, for those humor impaired). For the other, he was extremely critical of Russia (according to Digg, calling it “Nigeria with snow”). And that’s not to mention he never really lived there.
Jew? Who cares? Real jews are religios nuts. So-called Russian-jews are ordinary people
Learn some English, m’friend. Nobody believes you anyways.
America was a great place when it was free country for white Europeans to immigrate.
Now that IT IS a black country, it will only face doom. In 50 years time America wil be nothing.
lol the warner brothers are polish, not russian. The only difference of a Pole and Russian are Russians have an IQ over 50.
yeah, and u r example of that? lol
lol it would explain why I need 3 other pollacks to change a bulb.
Article is laughing stock. Jews are not seen as Russians in Russia unless they do something important, then all of sudden they are RUSSIANS. Russia is xenophoob, surreel country. Sometimes I am ashamed to live there.
But Russia loves muslims.
A Russian co founded google and yet every Russian keyboard has large english letters and small russian letters on it!
The english language will always dominate the world!
I saw cell phones in Russia with the Russian alphabet on them.The home phones only have english letters on them.
There are many countries that have products with their own language on them!
warner brothers dosen’t come from russia the was a polish jews imigrants
Milla Jovovich was born i Ukraina not in russia whatever she is Serbian !
Lol half these people are either Jews or Ukrainians
Ufff…
Ok, if u want, I agree with u that Russians never had great nad talanted designers, doctors, engineers, writers etc.
All what world know about russians achieves was made by jews or ukranians. Russians can only sleep, drink and feed pigs.
And all rest world is supreme race - beautiful, smart, talented…
So why all with such vehemence discuss about Russia? Not enough self persons? Or it is an inferiority complex?
Stop writing shit about us. You all belong to high society, you are smart and educated, you are rich.
Admire and discuss your countries! Create englishpoland.com, englishjewland.com, enlishsupremerace.com and sit there.
Can talanlivy people have a nationality?…
Can a talented people have a nationality?…
There are many more unknown Russians inventions. The first airplane flew in Russia, before the Wright brothers flew theirs, the first locomotive was built in Russia. Russians jsut don’t have to take credit for it. It doesn’t matter what people think someone can do, it matters what someone actually can do.
Like the stealth bomber, built on Russian theory. All tanks are built on principe of t-34, all mobile artillery are built on principe of Katyusha. My father was one of the first people on earth who got his eyes lasered in 1988, instead of wearing glasses.
Some people think Russians can’t do anyhting and are weak. few of those peoples were Napolean and Hitler, who were actually very smart people.
Why is Russia biggest land in the world? And Russia has made more billionares in 19 years as a capitalist state than many country’s who are capitalists for more than a century? How could Russian empire in 1920 be an everage power and by 1940 a superpower? In 1998 a 3rd world country and by 2009 one of the powerfulest nations on earth?
Great example (just came in to my head) is Fedor Emelianenko, look how he enters the ring, while all the others go screaming and shouting as they enter the rins, he just calmly enters the ring and leaves as a winner, every single time.
Letting people think that Russia is weak, just proves how smart they are.
Holy shit, is that list pathetic. It consists of Americans, Jews, Poles and… Milla fucking Jovovich. That last part is so goddamn ridiculous it would be almost funny - if it wasn’t so pathetic.
But fear not, you do have some russkies who did change the US - and the world. Namely, Lenin and Stalin. Say it loud, say it proud.
Stalin made the USSR a superpower in a short time when he arrested thousands of innocent Russians on bogus charges and forced them to dig canals to connect Moscows lakes and thousands of Russians died!
Moscow has the most Billionairs because all corporate headcorders must be in Moscow and not spread throughout the country!
The post reflects Russia in its entirety.
Russia could truly be a super power if it harnessed the intellect and might of its people. Sadly, it has always gone for the quick and dirty solution. It never supports and harnesses the talent within, instead it rapes and pillages both its people and resources. Eventually the talent leaves to prosper elsewhere, not to be dogged by corruption, and sabotaged by the administration and institutions that should support them.
I am sick and tired of this dispute over the eternal subject whether Russian are great or not. They are, because of obvious achievment in science and culture (I do not mention low level, poverty generated artifacts of so called lumpen and marginal culture, but the Culture). Miss India is a lady with complex of inferiority, so she applies the praising to USA to get over this complex. You know, to humiliate and ridicule Russia in order to think she is somehow good. Poor creature. Again, Nations and Ethnic groups are often confused here, so it only shows low intelligence many, but it is fine. I pity those who think they can judge just because they are citizens of some country. It is really about who they are themselves, and not what is they country is about. You can be an American and yet stupid and nobody (or you can be a genius as well). So, really, people here measure their penises without realizing that the penis is even not theirs.
This is simply the worst list I’ve ever seen. It’s not even fit for jokes.
To imply that Google changed the world when compared to numerous breakthrough’s by Russians (and the rest of humanity) is the definition of daft. It is like people starting to like Japan because they like anime, or liking Germany because they like their BMW m3. Google equivalent would be “invented”. It is like saying Facebook is a grand revelation? The truth is first there was yahoo, then excite, then altavista - which google copied. Maybe DJ Tiesto is the greatest living composer, because he takes ready made songs and changes them around a bit with an easy-to-use computer program?
GET AN EDUCATION, THINK. IT’S NOT ILLEGAL. end the ignorance
well said. period.
Igor Sikorsky was Ukraininan. Stop calling all prominent persons russian
The great fucking UKR-anian nation of poor inventors, huh ?
UKR’s facing a big challange right now. Will they stay with their slavic roots or will they continue to lick the asshole and suck up to US/EU/Western nations. Hard to say the percentage of loyal pro-Russian pravoslav citizens vs. the traitors, but sooner or later they will have some civil movement and the complete collapse of political and economical structures.
P.S. Known as solid FACT - Real UKR’s hate the JEWs very much, that’s one of the reasons they have had their own nazi aka SS brigade and jews were killed like stray dogs and flee the great nation of UKR state like flies.
Hehe, you made me really laugh. These “Russians” who changed America are actually Jews (Brin, Warner bros), Polish (Sikorski) and Serbian born in Ukraine (Jovovich). The Russian chauvinism is really endless.
Milla is Serbian not russian
You forgot Ayn Rand people.