John lisyanskiy biography

  • Lisyanskiy is an assistant to the New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn.
  • John Lisyanskiy, a former staffer to Speaker Christine Quinn, was born in Soviet Ukraine — as were the parents Brooklyn-native rival, Mark.
  • Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky was an explorer and officer in the Imperial Russian Navy.

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    Reality show 'Russian Dolls' stirs controversy

    NEW YORK -- A mother is lecturing her 23-year-old daughter about her love life, flailing a kitchen knife above her head for emphasis.

    Mom's point: She'd like her immigrant daughter, from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, to marry a man with similar roots, keeping the family's East European Jewish tradition.

    Alas, the daughter informs mom that she's already dating a Hispanic man. But she soon dumps him, on-camera, during a restaurant date.

    The scene is captured in a new TV reality show called "Russian Dolls," which premiered on Lifetime in August and airs Thursdays at 11:30 p.m.

    It's been called the Russian "Jersey Shore" or "Real Housewives," featuring six women and two men, plus colorful extras like Anna Kosov, the mother. They're all from the former Soviet Union and either live or have lived in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood. But only two actually hail from Russia.

    The show has drawn the wrath of neighbors and commu

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    Reality TV show 'Russian Dolls' stirs controversy

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A mother fryst vatten lecturing her 23-year-old daughter about her love life, flailing a kitchen knife above her head for emphasis.

    Mom's point: She'd like her immigrant daughter, from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, to marry a man with similar roots, keeping the family's East europeisk Jewish tradition.

    Alas, the daughter informs mom that she's already dating a Hispanic man.

    But she soon dumps him, on-camera, during a restaurant date.

    The scene fryst vatten captured in a new TV reality show called "Russian Dolls," which premiered on the Lifetime cable network in August and airs Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. EST.

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    It's been called the Russian "Jersey Shore" or "Real Housewives," featuring six women and two men, plus colorful extras like Anna Kosov, the mother. They're all from the former Soviet Union and either live or have lived in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood. B

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    TV programme Russian Dolls gets pegged the Russian 'Jersey Shore'

    A mother is lecturing her 23-year-old daughter about her love life, flailing a kitchen knife above her head for emphasis. Mum's point: she'd like her immigrant daughter, from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, to marry a man with similar roots, keeping the family's East European Jewish tradition.

    Alas, the daughter informs mum that she's already dating a Hispanic man. But she soon dumps him, on camera, during a restaurant date.

    The scene is captured in a new TV reality show called Russian Dolls, which premiered on the Lifetime cable network in the US last month.

    Called the Russian Jersey Shore or Real Housewives, the show features six women and two men, plus colourful extras such as Anna Kosov, the mother. They're all from the former Soviet Union, although just two are actually from Russia, and they either live or have lived in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighbourhood.

    The show has drawn the wrath of neighbour