Isaac Asimov — writer with roots in the USSR (RSFSR)
Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, in the Russian SFSR, on an unknown date between 4 October 1919 and 2 January 1920; the family did not record it and he kept 2 January as his birthday. The Asimovs sailed from Liverpool on the RMS Baltic and reached the United States on 3 February 1923, when he was three. He became the most prolific science-fiction writer of his generation and the author of the Three Laws of Robotics.
"Petrovichi to Brooklyn, arriving 3 February 1923"
Migration storyTracing the roots — Petrovichi
He spoke Russian and Yiddish at home in Brooklyn. He never returned to Petrovichi.
Born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR, between October 1919 and January 1920 - the exact date was never recorded. The family emigrated to Brooklyn in 1923.
Petrovichi. At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.