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My Midwestern Soviet Childhood

By Liesl Schillinger, Illustration by Victoria Semykina

An American Family’s Curious Bond With Russia

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Issue: Winter 2015 / Volume 91/1

Published: January 6, 2015

Liesl Schillinger

Liesl Schillinger is a New York-based critic, columnist, moderator, and translator. Her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the New Republic, the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, and Matter. She is the author of the book of neologisms Wordbirds (Simon and Schuster, 2013), and the translator of The Lady of...

Victoria Semykina

Victoria Semykina is a Russian illustrator and fine artist. Her clients include Starbucks, D&D London Restaurants, GQ, AD, Forbes, Robb Report, Prime Russian Magazine, and Story. She is a graduate of the Russian Academy of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. She lives in Bologna, Italy.

My Midwestern Soviet Childhood

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