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I am here with Vladimir Rozenberg, who has agreed to participate in our oral history project of the Judith and Elliot Cohen oral history project of the Esther and Herbert Taylor oral history collection of the William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum. Thank you for agreeing to come. I would like to also say that the interviewer is Sandy Berman. Okay, I would like to just go back to your time in Russia, what year you were born, and what was going on in Russia during your early years, your childhood.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=0.0,39.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I was born in 1973, and what I remember, it was pretty stable when I was a little kid. Like everybody make the same amount of money, everybody can buy almost the same thing from furniture to wherever. And I think everybody was real comfortable about the future because it was everything stable, but ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=39.0,73.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Who was in power then?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=73.0,76.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e [Leonid] Brezhnev, and when he passed away and [Mikhail] Gorbachev come in to charge USSR or Russia, it started. We started having a lot of changes and it was not really good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=76.0,95.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What kind of changes?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=95.0,97.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e It's like actually the whole country works for military and Russia has a lot of military factories, and science institutes, and all kinds of universities, but I guess the country budget can't keep up with all the spending, so a lot companies start to close down, and people just was laid off. That's it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=97.0,127.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, it is interesting. You think it was a better situation under Brezhnev than it was under Gorbachev?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=127.0,134.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e You know, it's hard to say. It's how I see this situation, but I'm a very young guy. But older people, like my grandmother—she's still in Russia, she is 93 years old—they were believing in communism and the government. They think it was the best time in their lives. For me, I think all these changes are probably better for the country right now. It's just really hard.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=134.0,165.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, let us go back and speak a little bit about your family, your parents, where were you born, and your parents' names, and who left, and who is still there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=165.0,177.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay, I was born in Leningrad. Right now, it's St. Petersburg it's a second capital city. And my father, his name is Konstantin, and my mom's name is Lidiya. They're here in Atlanta with me. My father's family, everybody's here. But my mom still have a lot of relatives back in Russia. I think the biggest problem for her [is] she got a 93-year-old mother.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=177.0,215.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Does she go back often to visit her?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=215.0,218.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, she go back [to] visit her like every two years. You know, in this age, every day, it's harder and harder. Actually, my family is here because I married my wife here and I got a five-year-old daughter. So, I'm pretty comfortable.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=218.0,241.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e When the decision was made to emigrate, how old were you when your parents started speaking about emigrating?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=241.0,252.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I think I was 18 years old. I was in the Russian military. It's a law. Every male in Russia, at the age of 18 years old, they go in the military for two years. So, but I can be honest with you. Because my uncle was already in the United States and he told us how life is here and what's good, what's not good, I really was not real happy about this idea to go to another country, because different language, different people, and everything is different. It's a scare. Actually, my mom pushed on me real hard and it's how it come [to be].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=252.0,308.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Why did they want to leave? What was the real impetus for leaving?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=308.0,314.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e It's a good question, because my grandfather by father's side, he's very Jewish, and like, I don't know, in Russia if something go bad, a Jewish is responsible for this kind of problems. So, I don't want to say we got a lot of problems about nationality, but a little bit you can feel it, not everywhere, but ... So, it was one reason. I think my mother was see future better than I do, because I was so young. All this kind of problem, like no work, no nothing, no money, no plans. She decided it's better for me to come to the United States because it's a more stable country, the Constitution is working, laws are working, everything is working.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=314.0,379.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, both of your parents are not Jewish?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=379.0,382.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e No, my mom is Russian. My father have Jewish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=382.0,388.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, was that a difficult situation for them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=388.0,395.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know what to say. Not all the time, but sometimes you can feel it. 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Probably, if you watch news, you probably hear what's going on in Chechnya and other countries around Russia like Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=402.0,435.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, because half of your family was Jewish, did you participate in any Jewish cultural events while you were living in Russia? 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It's what I think. I believe just my grandfather. He passed away a couple of years ago. Just he can speak in Yiddish and everybody else just speaks straight Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=456.0,481.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, did your family emigrate using any Jewish services?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=481.0,486.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I think the Jewish Family Services.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=486.0,490.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Jewish Family and Career Services?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=490.0,491.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I think so.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=491.0,492.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Were they helpful?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=492.0,494.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, they help a little bit, but, you know, we try to get all kinds of help. We try to keep up by a family, like get faster work and start getting money for life. We're not this kind of people which want to get help from the government or whatever. We try do by ourself and help another people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=494.0,524.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Since you were only 18, can you describe your feelings about leaving all of your friends and your ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=524.0,531.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I was feeling real bad. I'll be honest. You know, I was not ready yet, and actually, I don't know what. I don't have a plan for the future. I just retired from the military, and I was between there and here. I don't know what to say. I was not ready 100 percent. 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You speak great, very well. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=566.0,569.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=569.0,569.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you. So, was it difficult?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=569.0,572.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e It's difficult and every day I learn something new. I was learning English in school, but you know, I never pay a lot of attention to the subject because for what? I will be living in Russia, and I never think like go outside of the country, so I just didn't pay attention.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=572.0,599.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e It is interesting to me, and I do not know if you can comment on this, but of everybody else we have interviewed thus far, you are the first one that has been from an intermarriage. I am interested in knowing, how was that looked upon by other people? I mean, was it frowned upon by the people who were Jewish? Where were other Russians upset with your mother for marrying someone who was Jewish? I do not know if that is too personal, if you do not want to comment on that, but it is interesting to me to know how it was viewed in Russian society.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=599.0,640.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I really don't know. I never think about it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=640.0,646.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e It did not seem to make much of a difference?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=646.0,650.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e No, I don't think so.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=650.0,653.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, tell me about the whole immigration process. How did your parents arrange to get out?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=653.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e So, it starts from my father's brother's family. I don't know exact story how it was going, but I believe my uncle's wife, from her side, people started leaving Russia maybe 25 years ago. And from this point, it started coming out. So, Alex [left]Russia in 1991, and after two years, we came to the United States [is] what I know. I don't know all this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=660.0,700.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e How did you end up here in Atlanta?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=700.0,702.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I like it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=702.0,703.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e But how did you end up here in Atlanta? How did the family get to Atlanta?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=703.0,709.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know. I really don't who start and how they come into Atlanta, but what I know [is] when we was in the process, and the paperwork, and all this stuff, everybody, I mean, family from my uncle's side, they was in Atlanta, so we chose this city. That's it. And I really don't know how it was the first place.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=709.0,743.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What was your first reaction? 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In Russia, it's hard to see people smile and they're not so friendly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=752.0,786.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What was your first shopping experience like?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=786.0,789.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I believe it's probably you already know. When you go to supermarket market store, and you can see all shelving, and it's full, and you can buy vegetables, all kinds of products with no problem at all, it was shocking. And when you ... In Russia, when you go to shopping, you have to take a glass can for the butter. You have to take plastic bags for the other groceries because they didn't provide. They didn't carry stuff. Right there, when we first go, just sit in the car, come into the supermarket, get the car, fill it up with groceries, pay the money, come outside to the parking lot, open the trunk, put the groceries in the trunk, and that's it. It was pretty easy, you know. It's real hard to see when you start to put all your stuff, and the trunk just starts to fill up, and no more room for something else. Because in Russia, it's all different. Like, one store sells just meat, another store sells just butter, another store sells like milk or ice cream, something like that. And this store not close, it's pretty far from. You have to run maybe ten miles a day to just [get] grocery. It was a shock. Actually, another thing [that] was shocking [was the] weather. It was real hot. You know, when we come out from the airport on a parking lot, it was ... I was feeling like I am coming in a sauna. It was so hot. Because in my city, temperature didn't raise up more than 70 degrees in the summertime.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=789.0,920.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Are you used to it now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=920.0,922.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, it's fine for me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=922.0,924.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you like it, the heat?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=924.0,927.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Not really, but I can keep up if I drink plenty of water. But at first, first summer was killing me, actually. Not anymore. Right now, I can't stay in cold weather.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=927.0,941.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What did you not like? You liked that the people seemed friendly or the shopping was great. What did you miss, besides family?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=941.0,954.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Actually, I like everything. I just don't like how the government working. They're slow. They're not patient. One thing what I didn't like, because it's real hard to come through all this immigration stuff, like get a green card the first time. After that, you have to wait five years to get you apply for citizenship, pass the interview. It takes time, and they lost your documents, and they don't want to find it, so it's one thing what I don't like. Everything else is just fine because all American people what I know, if I got a problem, they help. Like Bobby [Woljevach], he help a lot, Ozzie [Berman] help a lot, and you. Americans are really friendly people, and I'm happy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=954.0,1021.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, you are learning most of your English from Bobby and Ozzie? 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Did you always think about coming to this country? I know you were because of your mother, but were there any thoughts about going to Israel?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1032.0,1054.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e No. I got a cousin in Israel. I believe he [left Russia in] 1990 or 1991. I can't remember for sure. But no, I never thought to leave Russia at all.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1054.0,1077.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Are you a citizen?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1077.0,1078.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I am.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1078.0,1080.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e How long did that process take and what did that feel like?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1080.0,1085.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e It's taken me ... I come in 1994 and I think it's taken 6 years. \u003cInterview pauses; then resumes\u003e It's taken me six years to be a citizen. Actually, my wife had a real hard time to get a green card. She never received it, but she is a citizen, too. So, it's how these people work. How I feel? I'm proud to be American, actually. I'm proud to be a part of this country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1085.0,1136.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What was the ceremony like for you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1136.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1140.0,1141.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Nice. Was it a lot of people?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1141.0,1144.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, it was a lot of people. I can't count them, but probably 300 people in the ceremony.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1144.0,1150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Was it difficult learning what you needed to for the citizenship test?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1150.0,1156.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Not really.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1156.0,1158.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Not really?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1158.0,1159.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e You have to pay attention, see it and learn. Plus, we got a pretty good education in Russia about history, and not just Russian history, but history of outside countries, and how this country lives, what they got, and what they produced. So, it's helpful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1159.0,1182.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What was your perception in the Russian schools of what America was like? How was America represented in the school in Russia?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1182.0,1195.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e When America was just open, it's pretty close to your history. But when we were in the Cold War, it was represented like an enemy. So, everybody thinks the United States is responsible for all the bad stuff that's going on in the world and like you guys want to have a war with us. So, it's how it works. Pretty bad. It's not just the truth.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1195.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Pardon?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1230.0,1231.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e It's not the truth. It's just political games. That's what I think.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1231.0,1235.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you go back to Russia very often?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1235.0,1241.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes. Last time I was [there was] in January. It's after six years. It's a lot of changes in the country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1241.0,1257.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e For instance?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1257.0,1259.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I think a little better. It start going better a little. Going what?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1259.0,1266.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Going what?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1266.0,1266.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Going what? Going better.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1266.0,1270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Better?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1270.0,1273.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Better, but anyway, I don't want to live in Russia right now. That's it. I'm more American than Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1273.0,1284.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e That is great. How did you find your job? Was that difficult?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1284.0,1291.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e [Yes].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1291.0,1292.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e And was this your first job?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1292.0,1295.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e My first job was [found through] Jewish Family Services. They helped. I didn't like that job at all.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1295.0,1302.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e What was it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1302.0,1304.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e You have to make a mirror. You take a piece of plywood, put laminate on the back side, put mirror, put frame around. It's like a [unintelligible] job. I just don't like it, because it's a real small company, like three people. Alex was working for the self. \u003cInterview pauses; then resumes\u003e Alex was working for another big scrap company in Cartersville [Georgia], and they gave me a job. I started working as a crane operator. After that, I started making paint jobs. I didn't like it either. So, Alex started teaching me how to weld and how to do repairs on machines. We work one year together and after a year we split up. He goes back to his old company, and I come in close to my house working for another company, but it's the same scrap. When I start work, I tell them I don't want to make a trip. I don´t want to go far away for my job. And the biggest problem was self-starting stone, the shredder. It was a hard job. I told them, \"I know you guys install shredder, too, but I don't want to work.\" Finally, they send me on the shredder and I quit. Alex was working for Dynamic. It was across from Metro Alloy. He told me, \"Come to Metro. I would say they probably need a welder.\" That's how I started to work for this company.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1304.0,1424.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, how long have you been at Metro Alloy?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1424.0,1426.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e It will be nine years. It's already nine years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1426.0,1430.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Amazing. Has your whole family adjusted well? Have they had any issues other than issues since they're older. Has it been more difficult?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1430.0,1446.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I think for my father and for my mother it's a little bit harder.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1446.0,1454.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Are they happy though that they made the ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1454.0,1457.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e From one side they're happy, but from the other side I think they were more happy in Russia. Actually, my mom feels not so good because she got a real old mother. Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1457.0,1473.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1473.0,1473.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Right. I think it's the biggest problem. I don't know what I can say about my father. He just ... I think he just this way. He explode every second. But I think everybody is pretty comfortable.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1473.0,1492.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, that is good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1492.0,1494.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Somebody less, somebody more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1494.0,1497.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you associate mainly with other Russians, or do you associate with ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1497.0,1503.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e No, not really. Not really?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1503.0,1505.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Not really?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1505.0,1505.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Not really? No, I don't have the time right now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1505.0,1507.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, your friends are not Russian?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1507.0,1511.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Actually, we don't have friends right now because my wife is in school and I have to work extra hours to make money for living. Actually, we don't have free time to be with somebody or go somewhere. [We] try to keep up with the family problems right now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1511.0,1534.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Where is your wife in school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1534.0,1535.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e She is in a pharmacy school in the University of Georgia, in the [unintelligible].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1535.0,1541.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e That is wonderful. How much longer does she have?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1541.0,1544.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Three years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1544.0,1546.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e That is a great career.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1546.0,1548.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, I think so. Yes, it is wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1548.0,1550.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, it is wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1550.0,1550.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, it is wonderful. I think so. It's what she wanna do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1550.0,1554.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e And your little girl is five?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1554.0,1559.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1559.0,1560.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e That is great. Well, have I missed anything, Ruth? Do you think? She always tells me what I missed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1560.0,1566.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eEinstein:\u003c/strong\u003e I would just like to hear about the cultural differences.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1566.0,1569.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Have you gotten used to—that is a great question—the Southern way of cooking? Do you like it, or do you still cook? Do you eat mainly Russian dishes?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1569.0,1578.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Actually, we eat at home. We don't go out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1578.0,1583.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Does your wife cook Russian?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1583.0,1586.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Mostly Russian, yes. It's nice food. And it's a little bit different because we can't keep up without soup. So, we eat the soup every day and we don't go a lot in the restaurant. We try to cook everything at home.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1586.0,1606.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you like Southern cooking, Southern food, fast food?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1606.0,1611.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Sometimes. Not every day, but sometimes. I don't like fast food, but I like certain restaurants. Steaks, that's what I like. \u003cwhispers\u003e Ask if she is more American or Russian. Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1611.0,1632.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eEinstein:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cwhispers\u003e Ask if she is more American or Russian. Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1632.0,1632.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cwhispers\u003e Ask if she is more American or Russian. Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1632.0,1632.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cwhispers\u003e Ask if she is more American or Russian. Russian. Your daughter, she is more Russian than American?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1632.0,1636.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1636.0,1637.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e How is that? She is ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1637.0,1638.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1638.0,1641.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Well, is she in school yet?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1641.0,1642.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e She's in a school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1642.0,1645.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Public school?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1645.0,1647.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e No, she will be going in a private school this year, in a kindergarten. Right now, she is in like a daycare. I don't know. We tried to keep her in a Russian language as her original language because she will be ... She start picking up English pretty fast, but we want for ... I think it's for her will be better. She will be speaking two languages at least.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1647.0,1678.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e So, she will speak Russian and ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1678.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e She speaks Russian and she starts speaking English.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1680.0,1683.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Do you speak Russian at home?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1683.0,1685.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1685.0,1688.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e When you all get together as a family, do you speak English or Russian? 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It's easy. But no, just Russian. For me, it's hard to speak in English. My wife speaks fluently, but I think she's so tired speaking English at school, she wants to speak Russian. And I try to speak more English because I got a lot of Russian guys work with me, but I can't do that. But no, at home we speak in Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1694.0,1733.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e At work, when you speak to your uncle and to Semyon, do you speak Russian or English?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1733.0,1738.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Russian. It's what drives everybody crazy. With Semyon, I can speak English, but it's no reason when we stay around other guys, we try to speak English. Other Russian guys, they don't speak English so well, so we have to speak Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1738.0,1764.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e Okay. Well, unless there is anything you would like to say for the purpose of this tape, anything that we missed, anything more about what you feel about living here and being part of the Atlanta community at all ...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1764.0,1783.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e I'm really happy to be in the United States, and live in Atlanta, and I'm proud to be part of this country. Yes, I'm really happy. I'm real happy here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1783.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eBerman:\u003c/strong\u003e On that note, I would like to thank you and thank you for coming here. I know that you are busy at work, so thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1800.0,1806.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/transcript/91343/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eRozenberg:\u003c/strong\u003e Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=1806.0,1807.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/annotation_set/2432","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/annotation_set/2432/annotation/153","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eLeonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 as the General Secretary of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), presiding over the country until his death.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688#t=76.0,95.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/166946/file/303688/annotation_set/2432/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eMikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022) was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. 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