Канада
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Канадцы с русскими и советскими корнями
Канада приняла крупные волны эмиграции из Российской империи и Советского Союза — включая еврейские семьи, спасавшиеся от преследований, религиозные общины духоборов и меннонитов, а также профессиональную диаспору после 1991 года.
Эта страница документирует выдающихся канадцев — в индустрии развлечений, бизнесе, науке и спорте, — чьи семейные корни лежат в русском мире.
Кристя Фриланд
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister
Майкл Игнатьев
Canadian statesman, grandson of a tsarist minister
Памела Андерсон
Baywatch icon with Mennonite roots in the Russian Empire
Сет Роген
Canadian comedy star with roots in the Russian Empire
Уильям Шатнер
Captain Kirk, rooted in the Russian Empire
Брэндон Кроненберг
Body horror's second generation
Чилли Гонсалес
Montreal-born pianist and Grammy winner; Guinness record for the longest solo concert
Дэн Леви
Schitt's Creek co-creator, descendant of emigrants from Russian-ruled Poland
Дэвид Кроненберг
Canadian film director of The Fly, Dead Ringers and A History of Violence, born in Toronto
Дэвид Стейнберг
Canadian comedy legend with Russian-Romanian Jewish roots who defined 1960s irreverent humour
Денис Шаповалов
Canadian tennis player born in Tel Aviv to a mother from Soviet Ukraine — 2021 Wimbledon semi-finalist
Дрейк (Обри Грэм)
Canadian rapper and singer whose mother is a Canadian Ashkenazi Jew
Юджин Леви
SCTV comedy legend with Russian-Bulgarian Jewish roots who found global fame in Schitt's Creek
Гедди Ли
Bassist, keyboardist and singer of Rush; grandson of a family from Wierzbnik in Congress Poland
Хауи Мандел
Canadian comedian and Deal or No Deal host with Eastern European Jewish roots
Илья Самсонов
Magnitogorsk-born NHL goaltender who became a Toronto Maple Leafs starter
Иван Райтман
Czech-born Canadian director with Russian roots who produced Animal House and directed Ghostbusters
Ксения Соло
Riga-born Canadian actress who starred in Lost Girl and Black Swan
Леонард Коэн
Montreal poet and songwriter of Hallelujah; his paternal grandfather emigrated from Suwałki, Russian Empire
Лорн Майклс
Toronto-born creator of Saturday Night Live — his parents came from Russia
Марк Адлер
Canadian film composer with Polish-Russian Jewish roots who scored The Artist and Life of Pi
Никита Задоров
Moscow-born NHL defenceman who has played for multiple teams across a decade in the league
Пичес (Меррилл Нискер)
Toronto-born electronic punk provocateur with Polish-Russian Jewish roots — Berlin-based avant-garde icon
Питер ван Лоан
Canadian Conservative MP whose family traces to Estonia and Russia — former House Leader
Рик Моранис
Ghostbusters' Louis Tully — his grandparents came from Russia and Ukraine
Рустем Каримов
Russian-Tatar co-founder of 1Password — the world's most trusted password manager
Саша Соколов
Born in Ottawa to Soviet spy parents — became Russia's most avant-garde novelist and escaped the USSR in a wetsuit
Сол Рубинек
Canadian actor born in a German DP camp to Polish-Russian Jewish survivors — Unforgiven, Warehouse 13
Виктор Гарбер
Canadian actor with Russian-Jewish roots who starred in Titanic, Alias, and won multiple Tony Awards
Виталик Бутерин
The Russian-born mind who reinvented money
Ильдар Шар
Toronto entrepreneur, co-founder of StackAdapt and founder of FirstPrinciples