Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach is a beach and neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Brighton Beach is an area heavily saturated by Russian-speaking immigrants, and is home to the Nasmertov family – including Esther, Robert, Marina, Levik, and Frida. There, the family owns a home that is on the boardwalk, and is thus on the beach itself. It is to Brighton Beach that Pasha comes for a visit in 1993, and to Brighton Beach the rest of his family hopes Pasha will move.

New York

New York is a city in the State of New York, in the United States of America. Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York, and is home to Brighton Beach. Brooklyn is home to tremendous culture, as is all of New York, including an active and prominent circle of Russian literati.

The Black Sea

The Black Sea is an expansive body of water which...