Ours in the USA: how the surgeon and the lawyer fulfilled the American dream

The Vinogradsky couple can be called a wonderful example of the fulfillment of the American dream. Boris is a successful surgeon, Irina has her own law practice. They lead an active life and support the Russian-speaking community in Ohio. Voice of America tells their american story.

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Irina was born in Yaroslavl, where she lived before leaving for America. His father worked at a factory as a mechanic, and his mother worked at a research institute as a junior researcher. After graduating from school, Irina entered the university to major in Applied Mathematics. After graduation she worked as a programmer, which is why she managed to leave for America.

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Boris was also born in Yaroslavl. In 1986, he graduated from the Medical Institute in Yaroslavl, after which he worked as a surgeon. In 1991, he left for America.

His mother worked as a gynecologist. She is now retired and lives in Cleveland. My father worked as a journalist all his life.

Interestingly, the spouses did not know each other in their childhood. Later it turned out that Boris’s grandmother lived not far from Irina’s house, and through her yard his family went to visit her grandmother.

Irina and Boris met many years later when they were students in the Crimea. It was a bus tour. The girls could not open a bottle of lemonade and turned to Boris for help. So there was their acquaintance. After returning to Yaroslavl, Irina and Boris met for two years, after which they got married.

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The decision to leave Russia came pretty quickly. Boris realized that he could not become a surgeon of the same level that he wanted to achieve.

He kept silent about immigration to the last: he told a limited number of relatives, and at work did not know at all about his plans.

“The first thing I felt when I set foot on American soil was a feeling of freedom. It feels like I've escaped from somewhere. It was something unimaginable,” says Boris.

Boris went to two familiar doctors in Burlington, Vermont, but did not stay with them for more than two weeks to avoid getting bored. Then he met an 76-year-old woman, a professor of English. She helped Boris with his English, and he, living in her attic, helped her around the house, washed the dogs, cleared the snow.

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Life in cleveland

The family loves to live in Cleveland, Ohio, because the city is located in the center of the country and not on the coast. In addition, it is a multinational city where Russian culture is valued and Russian food is loved.

“We buy in a Russian store everything that we are accustomed to since childhood: Borodino bread, condensed milk, doctor’s sausage, crackers, sunflower seeds and much more. Everything that cannot be bought in another local supermarket,” says Irina.

In addition, in Cleveland there is music, history, architecture, and any cultural events that a person can only imagine.

“We go to a music club, a book club, symphony orchestra concerts, and Russian artists,” Irina says enthusiastically.

Interestingly, in the city the couple supported the tradition and created a Russian garden. There is a Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Azeybardzhansky garden, but there was no Russian garden.

Thanks to the efforts of Boris, they managed to get the land under the garden, where they plan to put exactly the same arbor, which was in their native Yaroslavl.

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“The garden is a concept for uniting people who like Russian culture,” says Boris.

Career Surgeon and Lawyer

After moving to America, Boris didn’t see himself anywhere except as a surgeon.

He is a general surgeon, that is, he does almost all operations on the abdomen, on soft tissues, plastic surgeries, removal of cancerous tumors and so on.

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In the 2003 year, almost 13 years after training, work and exams, Boris opened his private practice.

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In 2007, Irina ended the university, after which she opened her law practice, mainly immigration and criminal.

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"I love my job very much. I'm glad I changed my profession. I love my clients. I have them from all over the world,” says Irina. — Every day I meet people from countries where I have never been. It’s very interesting and a great happiness when you can help people.”

Irina has a lot of clients from Latin America who speak Spanish. Therefore, she was inspired and decided to learn Spanish for clients who can not quickly learn English. For a better perception of Spanish by ear, Irina listens to news in Spanish at home.

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Irina’s Russian-speaking clients are also sufficient. As the heroine notes, among criminal cases Russians are drunk driving and shoplifting.

Family

Spouses came to America with their daughter 7 years. After moving the couple had a son. In children, the difference in 8 years.

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My daughter is married to an American, and my son moved to North Carolina to study.

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He is studying in law.

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Irina and Boris consider Cleveland to be their hometown and are not going anywhere else.

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