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Americans in Kyiv
« on: November 08, 2021, 03:41:07 PM »
Google says there are 181 American staff at the embassy so we might guess there could be up to 500 or so Americans from family members of those 181 staff.

What's your guess of American ex pats living in Kyiv or maybe there are numbers out there already.

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Re: Americans in Kyiv
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2021, 04:21:50 PM »
Google says there are 181 American staff at the embassy so we might guess there could be up to 500 or so Americans from family members of those 181 staff.

What's your guess of American ex pats living in Kyiv or maybe there are numbers out there already.

No idea of totals.
But I met 4 mid 30s aged USA gals at the Kyiv Opera House (although I only go for Ballets) who worked at embassy.

They sat behind me and the Ukrainian gal I was with.
They spoke how all the Ukrainian families they visited with had mayo in everything.

I said:  Yes, I know.

Later my Ukrainian gal spoke harshly to me saying: I rarely ever use mayo.

I had a hard time talking my way out of that situation!!
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Re: Americans in Kyiv
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2021, 04:48:22 PM »
I would guess thousands.  A lot of Americans in Kyiv tend to be young, and are working for NGOs/charities/doing missionary work, etc.
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Re: Americans in Kyiv
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2021, 05:51:52 PM »
I met a few guys living there working remotely. I heard of some church groups from America. Yeah I would venture to guess a few thousand for sure.

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Re: Americans in Kyiv
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2021, 04:27:41 PM »
Just remembering that I typically met one or more (previously unknown) USA folks in almost every city I visited around the world.

Once I was at McDonalds in Kharkiv alone in the middle of the day.
There was an oriental guy in the line behind me with a Ukrainian gal.

I found a seat at a table with a couple of locals who soon left.
The oriental guy came around looking for an empty table and found none.

I motioned for them to sit with me.  He said 'thanks' in perfect English.
After his gal had arrived and sat down, I said:
So you speak English ?
He said: yes, I have lived there for 15 years or so and am now a citizen.

We spoke for awhile, and then it was revealed that we had gone to the same university (U of Iowa . . . one of my schools).

He was born and raised in Taiwan and said he had been married to a famous movie star there.  Well I don't know about that, although he showed me her picture.  His parents had a lot of money, which  I believed because it is quite common for young Taiwan folks living and going to university in USA.

And for more coincidences, he was assigned in Kharkiv for several months  installing computer software for a Ukrainian bank.  I was also there working with a Ukrainian bank (not the same bank) to set up a correspondent relationship with a USA bank. 

He invited me over to his apartment which was quite lavish.  He wanted to get together with my gal . . . but I was meeting with several gals (WMVM) and thought his gal would 'spill the beans,' so I declined.  He understood.
« Last Edit: November 13, 2021, 04:38:18 PM by ML »
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