Faina is a political activist originally from Moldova, now living in Paris, running an NGO for lesbian refugees called “Lesbians Beyond Borders” (Les Lesbiennes Dépassent Les Frontières). Here she is seen standing in her little apartment in the 20th Arrondissement, next to a painting of Chisinau/Kishinev, the capital of Moldova.…
Kategorie: Faces of the East
Bogdan is a pensioner living in Minsk, Belarus. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. His grandfather still lived during times when Lviv (formerly known as Lemberg) was a part of Austria before WWI. He always used to tell Bogdan that those were the best times when everyone was living well…
Lena is originally from the Tajik capital Dushanbe. As is the case with many from the former USSR, her family history could be the material for a movie script. Her mother is Russian, and her father was German. Her great-grandfather had been an industrialist in Donetsk, then in the Russian…
Eduard Kaufmann was born in Tula, Russia. But as both his parents have German roots, his family moved to Offenbach in Western Germany when he was 10 years old. He said that he was not interested in going back to Russia at all and that he does not even feel…