Classify Russian Pianist Alexander Melnikov

[Mortimer]

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[Russki]

Not Russian, his mother is Armenian.

He ended up looking like Ashkenazi Jew with bulging eyes.

[Mortimer]

Not Russian, his mother is Armenian.

He ended up looking like Ashkenazi Jew with bulging eyes.

I didnt know that he says he is ashamed to be russian. Thats why I thought he is. He says he is russian.

[Russki]

I didnt know that he says he is ashamed to be russian. Thats why I thought he is. He says he is russian.


That's probably his political position, not relevant to his ancestry.