Any folks in the Seattle area?

[acrzybear]

It looks as if I will be transferring to the Seattle area mid April, I've seen flyers in Russian and I presume there is a decent size Russian communitty there?  Anyone have suggestions or knowledge of this area?

Thanks

[El Rock]

I did a google search for  "Russians  in Seattle"  and a ""s h i t "" load  of stuff comes up.

Have you ever thought of using the internet  to find   answers to your questions ??

[BillyB]

Just south of Seattle in the cities, Kent, Renton, and Auburn are about 5000+ FSU people living here. Mostly Ukrainians. Russian food stores are in abundance and some cafes have popped up. Churches are in abundance too but they aren't Russian Orthodox. Most of the families in this area practice the Christianity the Soviets wanted to get rid of.

[Dan C.]

I live in the Seattle area and can say that there are Russians/FUS's all over, though the Kent-Auburn area probably has quite a few.  Housing and such is more affordable there. 

There is a Seattle-Russain website in Russian at:

http://www.russianseattle.com/


Dan C.

[siberia]

Yes, there are many FSU ppl in Western and Eastern Washington. There are 3 distinct groups of them: older immigrants been here since leaving Harbin China, they are the ones who attend the Orthodox church. Jewish immigrants, located on Eastside of King County. And lastly, most numbers are Ukrainian refugees who were accepted here in USA because of religious persecution. They are Baptists and Pentecostals and live primarily in Kent/Auburn, Snohomish county and Eastern Washingtons.
As for Russians, the majority of them are H1 visa holders who are men and are computer professionals.
There are tons of Russian stores, most named "European" not Russian though!

[Dan C.]

According to the King County website, in 2006 there were about 7,200 Ukrainians and about 5,500 Russians in the county. 

[streklor]

there are way more than 5k and 7k russians and ukrainians in king county, believe me i am from here and i would say it is between 100k-200k in the everett to pierce 3 county corridor, i tried marketing a product to that community very briefly so did some research: there are oodles of them

[olena]

We moved to Pierce county a year ago. There is a russian church in our little town....and a russian store...

[Ooooops]

We lived in Seattle burbs for 2 years - there are tons of Russians around there, thanks largely to Microsoft.       I miss seledka and good red caviar!!!   

[JR]

I did a google search for  "Russians  in Seattle"  and a ""s h i t "" load  of stuff comes up.

Have you ever thought of using the internet  to find   answers to your questions ??

Uh, didn't he just do that?

[BillyB]

there are way more than 5k and 7k russians and ukrainians in king county, believe me i am from here and i would say it is between 100k-200k in the everett to pierce 3 county corridor,

That's about right. Easily over 100,000 in 3 counties.

We lived in Seattle burbs for 2 years - there are tons of Russians around there, thanks largely to Microsoft.

MIcrosoft? Lol. You've got to go back further than that. Ronald Reagan gets the credit for bringing the Christian FSU people here the Soviets did not want. Those who came first began to sponsor their families and those families sponsored more and repeat.

Speaking of the FSU, I'm flying there in a few hours. I'll be back early next month and post an update after taking a break from the forum.

[Shadow]

Good to see you back BillyB, I hope your update will have some good news.

[Faux Pas]

I second that. Good to see you back posting Billy. I have wondered what was happening with your situation.

[Ooooops]

MIcrosoft? Lol. You've got to go back further than that. Ronald Reagan gets the credit for bringing the the Christian FSU people here the Soviets did not want.

I guess I was speaking from my personal experience - I only know the first ones, but not the latter...   

[SANDRO43]

Welcome back, BillyB.

Speaking of the FSU, I'm flying there in a few hours.

Did you check it out for any hidden Weapons of Mass Destruction ?