Russian Community in Pittsburgh?

[Sealtite]

Originally Posted by dirimini

I've heard that Pittsburgh has a fairly sizable Russian population, and I'm wondering if it's in any way geographically defined - i.e., are specific neighborhoods known as Russian enclaves?

(Or, is there an "Eastern European" area, in general?)

Hello Comrade! Yes Pittsburgh has a small Russian population, however no predominately Russian (or even ethnic eastern European) areas that come to mind.

[norcider]

Seemed to be a lot of Russians living in Greenfield when I lived there for a few years.

[sskink]

This has nothing to do with the thread, but being half Lit, when I moved here I noted on my map that there was a big tract of land in Jeff Hills called the Lithuanian Country Club. I thought it was a golf club and got excited that as a Lit I might get reduced greens fees.

No such luck. It was just a huge picnic area.

Unlike being Italian or Irish, being Lit buys you nothing!

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by sskink

Unlike being Italian or Irish, being Lit buys you nothing!

Hey, you guys have Charles Bronson, along with a bunch of kick-ass football players.

Originally Posted by Sealtite

Hello Comrade! Yes Pittsburgh has a small Russian population, however no predominately Russian (or even ethnic eastern European) areas that come to mind.

You're kidding, right? Need I say more than "Polish Hill?"

The fact of the matter is, compared to many other parts of the country, Pittsburgh has a very healthy population of Slavs, though most are the assimilated descendents of turn-of-the-century Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Slovak, Croatian, etc. etc. immigrants. Philly does seem to have more in the way of recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union (though again, a very large proportion of these are Jews) but things like pierogies, haluski, kolbassi, etc. etc. are far more acculturated into the general Pittsburgh fold, whereas Philadelphian Eastern European culture remains largely confined to certain sections. This, I find very telling.

[Russian oleg]

Originally Posted by dirimini

I've heard that Pittsburgh has a fairly sizable Russian population, and I'm wondering if it's in any way geographically defined - i.e., are specific neighborhoods known as Russian enclaves?

(Or, is there an "Eastern European" area, in general?)

My family and I emigrated from Georgia in 89 we where the first Christian refugees
That can to pgh under the Regan law I believe lived in Baden for a year then Bellevue
I live in ambridge now there where about 25 family s that moved hear but there all
Spread out they do have a Slavic church in sqarlhill