Europe – Ukraine
Olga (Ollie) Burgoyne (1879-1974)
Olga “Ollie” Burgoyne, also known as Ollie Burgoyne-Calloway, was a singer and dancer specializing in Russian and other ethnic dances....
Emma Harris (1871-1940)
Emma Harris was a multi-talented African American cultural influencer in Europe, the Russian Empire (later the Soviet Union) as well...
Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk (1991- )
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Afro-Ukrainian champion athlete and politician Zhan Beleniuk was born January 24, 1991 in the capital city of Kyiv (a.k.a. Kiev)...
The Afro-Beat in Russia: The Influence of Black Music on Russian Popular Culture, 1890-2002
In the following article, Russian DJ Ivan Tchijevsky describes exclusively for BlackPast.org the long history of black music and black...
Pearl Hobson (1879- ?)
In the decades prior to the Russian Revolution, Pearl Hobson became the most popular African American dancer and singer in Imperial Russia. Known by various names...
Richard Williams (?-?)
In the 1920s and 1930s, a number of African Americans moved to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) because the...
Gustavo Pinedo Zabala (1988– )
Image Courtesy of El Dia Gustavo Pinedo Zabala, professional soccer player, was born in Coripata, Department of La Paz, Bolivia,...
In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015
In the following essay independent historian Robert Fikes explores the eclectic experiences of African Americans in the world’s largest nation...
Michael Lee-Chin (1951- )
Michael Lee-Chin is best known as a business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and Chairman of Portland...
