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Soviet emigre

Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011. Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.

Conflict & Justice

This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo

Mar 14, 2014

Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011. Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.

Conflict & Justice

This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo

Mar 14, 2014

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