micdotcom:Anton Yelchin’s parents were celebrity ice skaters in the Soviet Union — but gave it up to
micdotcom:Anton Yelchin’s parents were celebrity ice skaters in the Soviet Union — but gave it up to save himAnton Yelchin’s parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were accomplished and well known ice skaters in what was then the Soviet Union. But in 1989, when Anton was six months old, the couple left everything behind and came to the U.S. as refugees because of their religion and persecution. -- source link
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