We got to know and love Andrey during one of his fun #lunchmeout sessions. Andrey is a real Muscovite who is based in Berlin and works as a digital marketer in the gaming industry. For his project #lunchmeout, he loves to meet new people for lunch and then features them on his Instagram. So, over lunch, we talked to this fun, interesting Russian expat. Where were you born? Where did you grow up? I was born in Moscow, Russia. I…
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Luba Kemenova is the founder and owner of ostPost in Berlin-Mitte. ostPost is a café, bookstore, and event space with “an Eastern European touch,” as Luba calls it. The Russian-born entrepreneur followed her dream…
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Vadim Kamkalov is the founder and owner of Protokoll Taproom, an international (and Russian) craft beer bar in Friedrichshain. We talked to the craft beer enthusiast about Russian craft beer, his journey to Berlin…
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A born Leningrader, Vladislav Overchuk grew up in the typical outskirts of Saint-Petersburg, which he defines as ‘a pretty asocial neighbourhood’. Easily got accepted to the Saint-Petersburg State University for German studies and on…
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Russian-German Artem Hein is the founder and co-owner of Vater Bar in Berlin-Neukölln. Together with business partner Andreas Simon, he has recently taken over the Weserstraße bar Kuschlowski that they have transformed into a…
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This is Tadeus. Tadeus is from Vilnius, Lithuania and he came to Berlin about four months ago. “I have many professions,” he says and right now his job is serving the probably best Shashlik…
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This is Tatiana. Tatiana is actually from Moscow and moved to Berlin in 1997. She started working for Voland when she was only 18 years old. In 2011 she took over the Russian restaurant…
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This is Palina. Palina was born in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan and moved to Papenburg in Germany with her family when she was twelve years old. She studied dance in the Netherlands and traveled Europe for…
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And yet another German who is totally worth mentioning. This is Felix. Felix is originally from Kiel and moved to Berlin about two years ago. “Cooking is my passion”, he says, and just recently…
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You probably already know Vladimir. Vladimir is a legend, and if he isn’t, his self-made Pelmeni at his famous Russian street food stand at Ostbahnhof most certainly are. Vladimir was born in Altai, Siberia,…