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Immigration after 1985: the Soviet government under Mikhail Gorbachev allowed
anyone to leave the Soviet Union. The major group of post-Soviet immigrants were the
political refugees, persons who claim persecution or reasonable fear of persecution in
Russia.
Largest Russian communities today are in New York, California and Florida.
5. From where did the Indians come to America?
*Native Americans aka. Indians, Red Indians, Redskins, American Indians,
Amerindians, Namerind, First Nations people (Canada)
*Origins of N-Am, theories =
Bering Land Bridge theory = North American Indians are the people whose
ancestors were living in North America when the Europeans discovered the Western
Hemisphere. They often are called red men, or redskins, and they were named
Indians because Columbus thought that he had reached the East Indies in his voyage
across the Atlantic. Stone-age people who were to become American Indians began