Birth Name: Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova
Place of Birth: Yemanzhelinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Date of Birth: 6 January, 1986
Ethnicity:
*75% Russian
*25% Tatar
Irina Shayk is a Russian model and actress. She is known for her appearances in many Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues.
Irina is the daughter of Olga (likely Korenkova) and Valery Shaykhlislamov. Her paternal grandmother was of Tatar descent. The rest of her family is Russian.
Irina has a daughter with her partner, American actor Bradley Cooper.
Irina’s paternal grandmother’s name is Galiya Gaynislamovna Shaykhlislamova (the daughter of Gaynislam Shaykhlislamov).
Irina’s maternal grandparents are Ilya (likely Korenkov) and Nina Fedorovna (the daughter of Fedor).
Sources: NY Post article that mentions Irina’s background – http://www.nypost.com
Article about Irina’s paternal grandmother, Galiya Gaynislamovna Shaykhlislamova – http://www.dailymail.co.uk
photo by PR photos
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she could also pass for RUSSIAN JEWISH
look at MILA KUNIS or KAT DENNINGS both jewish russian americans
Correction.
Ethnicity:
*75% Russian
*25% Tatar
Irina’s sister Tatiana stated that their father Valery is just half-Tatar. Their paternal grandfather was also Russian, although Valery had his mother’s last name (probably because his father left the family).
Irina’s parents are Valery Shaykhlislamov and Olga (likely Korenkova).
Irina’s maternal grandmother’s surname Korenkova was probably last name of her husband (Irina’s grandfather) and not her maiden name.
New pic: http://www.prphotos.com/p/LSA-001319/irina-shayk-at-2015-aspca-young-friends-benefit–arrivals.html?&ps=13&x-start=6
Irina’s paternal grandmother’s name is Galiya Gaynislamovna Shaykhlislamova (the daughter of Gaynislam Shaykhlislamov).
Irina’s maternal grandparents are Ilya (likely Korenkov) and Nina Fedorovna (the daughter of Fedor).
The current pic is perfectly fine
@ann
She looks like Angelina Jolie in that picture
SHE IS HOT
Irina’s grandmother’s story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2518068/Irina-Shayks-bedside-vigil-seriously-ill-grandmother-worked-spy-Nazis-World-War-II.html
She’s overrated…
She has Indian/South Asian blood.
She’s not white, she’s mixed. Russians consider her ‘black’ btw, so why would Americans think she is white?
What a sick individual you are
why? Im telling the truth. Tatars are a Turkic people. She’s mixed, deal with it. She doesn’t look even remotely Russian, and yes people with her pigmentation and exotic features are considered ‘black’ in Russia.
“considered ‘black’ in Russia”. Shayk, Zedd? Lol what? I think it’s only you call them “black”. Don’t speak for everyone, please.
do you know if Ksenia Rappoport is Jewish or not?
yes, with that surname and the curly hair..
Her facial features are actually similar to her mother’s, not her father’s. Even her mother had full lips like her. Also, Americans don’t consider her black because she isn’t and that’s stupid.
russia must be a weird place..
Looks white because she is
cwm85 would say she isn’t Caucasian because he’s an idiot. LOL
You got me confused with M, midorie29, bowdownbitches. She is Caucasian . You’re the idiot
I knew she wasn’t white. I thought she was latina mixed with a bunch of things but shes tatar which explains it.
I doubt that small percentage affects her looks
Honestly people? She is white. She is part Tatar Turkish which is still white. You should really look more into genetics before you try saying anything about who is white and who isn’t.
Nope, Tatar turks aren’t white. The only people who would are actually white are ethnic Europeans (Germans, Italians, English, Danish, French, Slovaks, etc).
Her paternal grandmother was Galiya Gaynislamovna Shaykhlislamova.
Her maternal grandmother is Nina Fedorovna Korenkova.
ugly lips
Ya momma!
Hating ass bitch. You’re most likely white, only saltines make racist comments like that.
Anyway this Irina chick looks part black or Indian, maybe both.
Her lips look like that of a Black woman. Are they real? She is very exotic for a White woman.
You don’t get out much, do you? She is eastern European, if she wasn’t exotic I would be surprised. I am only part Ukrainian and mainly western European and my lips are very full. I saw some young pictures of her, she had big lips then too. Have you seen Angelina Jolie’s kids? They have huge lips just like their mom.
So can’t white women have very full lips? Why are you so ignorant? -.-
She like 5/10 tbh.
Troll.
That’s not what troll means.
check7t is an idiot. they’re always bullshit comments that don’t even make sense. ignore that asshat
writing bullshit comments is what i meant to type
Overrated.
I’d say she’s underrated. She’s so pretty, I can’t believe she’s only white.
Irina is a white girl! Her father was half tatar. here his photo http://cs407321.userapi.com/v407321184/ee9/HYW4EvrKZpA.jpg . i think he was crimean tatar. he look like them. but Irina more look like shes mother. Her mother too have a full lips. http://top-antropos.com/images/11/Irina-Shayk/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%20%D0%B2%20%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5.jpg
cute white girl
not in that picture
Hm. I hate that “white or not white”, but Tatars are really
not white. This fact doesn’t make her less beautiful,
but he awuful collagen lips
oh,you don’t think her lips are natural?
it depends, Tatars can have both Caucasian or Mongoloid features, Irina is more on European side, Charles Bronson (half Tatar) looks partly Asian
He’s the same tatar, as Strachovski is a jew or philipina
@ follers
Bronson dad is an ethnic Tatar from Lithuania, it’s written in several sites
Wow. That Walter had 11 children with 42 years.
Polish catholic.
Bronson looks like Günter Grass, who is partly
polish from Danzig. They have sometimes a bit
“asian” look
andrew: even if you would be right, that “it’s written
in several sites” makes me skeptic. It remains at
website “jewornotjew”. There are enough stupid,
ignorant or just nasty people, who spread wrong
information
@follers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipka_Tatars
“Charles Bronson was a descendant of the Lipka Tatars of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which caused many people to think that he looked like a Chicano or Mexican-American who was a Mestizo (mixture of Spanish and Amerindian ancestry). Thus, due to his looks, Bronson sometimes played characters who were Mexican or who were part-Indian”
ok?
No, “jewornotjew” isn’t reliable. Alone, the fact,
that they believe, that Trier’s dad was a nazi, and
not a jew. Some slander is there, too
Tatars are a pan-ethnicity, meaning that not all Tatars are non-white. It’s like saying that Mexicans are non-white, even though a few of them aren’t.
She’s not white to me,she looks have a relevant arab genes
she’s a Russian beauty. She’s “white” and there’s no “relevant arab genes” in her LOL.
http://static.blogo.it/gossipblog/irina-shayk-comera-prima-come-adesso/000.jpg
She is half russian and half tartar,she doesn’t look white at all. You should choose another white and russian beauty.
She has Caucasian (*WHITE* ok?) features. She doesn’t reveal Mongoloid traits as Tatars can have. She’s 100% Russian by nationality since Tatars doesn’t have an own State, they’re just one of many ethnicities inside Russia. Russians can be many things
Not all the ethnic groups inside Russia are of the white race.Her features are not like of other white women.
go back to Stormfront with your “whiteness” obsession
Her citisenship is russian, but I saw their passports:
they always write besides of citisenship ethnic
background: german, ukrainean, so tatar, too.
I don’t know, if modern tatars are pure mongol.
Maybe, they are mixed.
Light skin (close to olive than brown), blue eyes, round face…she’s pretty much Caucasian.
Arabs are Caucasian too, though not all of them are white (and not all of them are dark!).
nnnnn, in Russian passports don’t write ethnicity!!! What are you talking about?
@theropod
(Arabs are Caucasian too, though not all of them are white (and not all of them are dark!).
By U.S law Arabs are Caucasian,no matter what they are or look like.If wesley snipes was born in a Arab country,he would listed as Caucasian.
fuzzybear44, do you think Welsey Snipes is Ashkenazi or Sephardic?
@follers
Ashkenazi is possible,but HIGHLY doubt it,Sephardic would be a better bet.Now if Wesley is jewish ,he doesn’t seem to know it.I actually don’t think we know much about his background.
I would have guessed Sephardic also!
Wesley was actually a Muslim for a while, so he has been neglecting his Jewish faith.
@Follers
Thank you,didn’t know that
is Wesley still jailed?
She doesn’t look like a pure White (European) race at all . Her mix makes her looking more like a Middle-Eastern Lebanese or Irani with green eyes.
@Dexterous B, take your Pure European loving ass back to stormfront
What happened to her lips?
Why celebrities push their lips? She looks like Daisy Duck
“jewornotjew” is a fun site, nothing more
Unfortunately, many people believe it.
Besides of that, I’m sure they use a “fun” to disgrace
some celebrities. It’s not just a “fun for fun”
her skin looks naturally dark
well, this guy is also a full-blooded tatar but he doesnt look like Irina Shayk or Charles Bronson, right? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Akhmetov_Rinat_Leonidovich.jpg/772px-Akhmetov_Rinat_Leonidovich.jpg
average Russian type
yes but u can only meet such “average Russian type” in the villages))
There are no any blond russians more?
Of course there are but if u go 2 Moscow u will see more dark-haired ppl than blonde))
He’s not full-blooded tatar like the original, distant tatar who looked and were Asian (meaning mongol/chinese looking). he’s only full blooded by birth because in those countries and even Russia, Ukraine & etc you don’t have to state your ethnicities or backgrounds of the past to lessen your nationality.
russians are slavic ; tatars are turkic – here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_peoples , scroll down and see pictures of their brunch. Tatarstan is republic inside federation, they got their own language, religy and goverment, president; they are not russian in any sense. There are tatars from republic tatarstan (Russian Federation), from ukraine (occupators from the age of mongol-turk yoke) and belarusia. Tatars and proto turks from turkmenistan are not europead. Modern turks from turkey are turkmeni mixed with anatolian greek, kurdish, georgian etc.
You are totally right, but 43 idiots low rated you
You are ridiculous because Russians are not pure Slavic since the Tatar-Mongol invasion that had lasted for over 300 years. Every single Russian human has now Tatar blood in him. Moreover most of the people who call themselves Russians are all mixed with other ethnicities (usually those ones who dwell within Russia or nearby countries). In most cases anyway. So get your facts straight.
Again another Idiot passing their opinion as fact, when you have no proof of that being true. Russian continue to be Slavic til this day.
Now every White American has American Indian and some African and that is FACT. European Americans are not White. Get your facts striaght!
I’m not gonna argue coz I’m Russian myself:) And my great-grandmother is pure tatar. What is your nationality btw?
I’m not arguing the existence of Tatars in Russia, they are a minority. Irina Shayk is living proof of that. But you are talking out of your ass. No proud Russian would admit to such crock. You are Tatar so…
I’m Eastern and Northern European.
Have you ever been to Russia man? Admitting that Tatars are minority is such a ridiculous. Just come to my country and you will see whats going on in reality. Dont just make your opinion of what you have read in Wikipedia or smth like that.
You make me laugh. Amitting that Russians are Tatars is what really ridiculous. Just ask any REAL Russian. Inferiority complex is not a pretty thing. Now stop trolling you TART.
Why you are afraid of combining Eastern and Northern European into simply Jewish?:) haha ну ты и лох
I am not Jewish.
And why are you afraid of coming out as an ignorant American pretending to be Tatar-Russian to push your racist agenda? hahaahahahah
Why is there always someone who thinks to know best about a different ethnicity are you anthropologists or experts in race study? Are there seriously still people that discuss whether russians are white or not now tell wth do you think russians are then?? This is just a mess some people even saying she looks part black bc of her lips thats a joke right since when are black people the only ones with full lips? East Europeans tend to have plump lips I guess some people think white must be nord european you should really educate yourself before you annoy people with your ignorance.
this is not about her lips, but she really looks mixed, she is exotic, but her Russian mother is white and her lips a little big:http://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151263354239866&set=a.10150131342624866.299009.341875219865&type=1&theater
this is the quote that I found about her.
“Shayk was born in Yemanzhelinsk, Russia. She says she inherited her unusual looks from her father and she has said that people often think she is South American. “My father was dark skinned, because he was Tatar, sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian,” she says. “I get my light eyes from my mother.” “
I dont doubt that she is more than Russian of course its a fact I wouldnt necessarily call it “mixed” though. Tatar is a complicated topid bc it had many meanings but her father probably is Krim-Tatar who are related to Turks but there are i.e also Volga-Tatars who live in Russia that are Bulgars. Due to her father her skin is more tanned but her facial stracture doesnt strike me as inter-racial its just a typical slavic face. I still dont get where black would come in?? Russians or East Europeans in general dont really have a history of black genetics unlike Americans or maybe other western nations. One could figure Russia is one of the least likely places to find African ancestry. I may be wrong but some people sound like they desperately want to find an explanation why she has those feautures and wont realize some caucasians look “exotic” compared to other Europeans without being mixed. You still dont know anything about European Ethnology never mind particular ethnicities and i dont know how African study could qualify you. It just proves how fixed you are on African genes and how eager to find it anywhere. Why do you even care about what she is your theory is so random. Just keep out of their business and dont confuse other nations with your American History.
To Milka
I guess your last part of your comment was directed to me. Africana Studies and African Diaspora,tells you about the history of black people,and where they were in the world.Now when you study the Diaspora,you study what black people were doing there,therefore you have to study the history of the place.Now your using the biggest cliche in the world(it might have happen over there,but not here).Then you completely ignore the facts I put right in front of you.Abram Petrovich Gannibal(a major-general in the Russian Empire),who was Alexander Pushkin Grandfather was black.That alone proves my point,and all his descendants are white.However did you look anything up,probably not.Because a person like yourself deals strictly emotions,not facts.Did you check out anything about the Ottoman Empire.They have thousands and thousands of black people(slaves and soldiers)
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/576217_419156448135270_1204489186_n.jpg
Now looking at this picture,your going to tell me that there were no black people in Russia?Now I may be wrong ,but some people sound so desperate,That they will find any other explanation ,to keep from admitting someone may have African heritage. Which I find is something that’s very common,with certain people.
It’s amazed me how you can be on this site,seeing all the mixtures on here,and still say the stuff you do.Assimilation has been happening for thousands of years,and the bigger group always wins. I could give you fact after fact,but I can see you’re the type of person that would ignore them.You asked why I care,I don’t care.You made a reply to someones comment,because you thought that person was wrong.I made a reply,because I knew you were wrong,that’s how the site works.You say don’t confuse you with America.Well I hate to break it to you ,but race mixing as it’s called,happen long before America was even thought of.Your taking this harder than she probably ever would.Now for the record,how is saying she may have African heritage hurting her?What she want be pretty anymore to you if she does?Now you people can thumb this down all you want,doesn’t make it incorrect.
To Milka
Don’t take this the wrong way,but your guilty of the same thing.Are you an anthropologists or experts in race study?Now I don’t have a degree in race studies(mines is in tech),However my brothers degree is in race study(African and African Diaspora Studies )to be precise.Now I can tell you this,there was no magic barrier .Nothing kept black people out of any of those countries.No barrier for Russia,Europe,Middle East,or Asian,blacks were everywhere.She doesn’t truly know what’s in her background,neither do you and I don’t either.No one truly knows what’s in their background,they go by what their told.Names don’t mean squat,People (especially black people) tend to adopt names,like the people their around.George Bridgetower (Afro-polish),Alexandre Dumas(french),Francis Barber lived in England,and Alexander Pushkin(Russian).What all these people have in common,is all of their descendants are white.Now yes white have full lips,however it’s not usually a cold climate trait.So they most likely received it from a mixed background, probably generations ago.England has been lying for the pass 100yrs,about how the country really was.How they have been digging up African remains,an keeping quiet about it.Their just now bring this information to the people.Look at the Brown Babies project,that (England,Germany,France,Korea etc) were part of.How they send Thousands of half black babies to the States in the 40’s.Only the mixed babies who could pass for the people around them,were allow to stay.Have to cut this short,but there are all kinds of things about the past,that you guys don’t seem to know.So she could very well have recent black heritage,and not know.Look at Marisa Tomei black bloodline,it’s obvious someone been lying in her family.
She is a copy of her Russian mother! http://top-antropos.com/history/21-century/item/298-irina-shayk
russian and russian turkish is her ethnicity. her race is white
@Elina are you blind?ethnic russians are not white,just look at her!
Irina Shayk and Kim Kardashian are fully european,so,both are white.
Stop the bs me using other users name on here to cover your tracks because you angry i called you out i hope you get banned.
none of them are white.
what the fuck is are you on about? russian is a ethnicity and nationality. if your ethnicity is russian, you’re white. anyone who is a “ethnic russian” is white
irina is Russian AND TATAR
i hate it when people from other countries talk a bunch of bullshit and don’t know diddly about russia or eastern europe and have no idea about the different ethnic groups among them
most of you haven’t even been out of your own country
yeah,she is Russian and Tatar,what he´s talking about?
i know she is russian and tatar
i put that in my comment
SHE SHOULD PLAY A ROLE AS DAUGHTER OF ANGELINA JOLIE IN A MOVIE,BOTH HAVE HUGE LIPS THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR SUCK.
emi?
Facially, Irina looks like a copy of her mother.
I thought she was black like Adriana Lima,but in general, Irina is a lot prettier than Adriana.
adriana lima only a little black.
how do you know?
Because of the lips, right?
yes,and she is hot
Adriana Lima is not black. She is only a little black if any. To be honest I don’t see black in Lima at all.
@me Adriana Lima,is partly black,she is triracial(white+black+native american),she is not only black.
Tatar means she is of Turkic (Turkish Origin).
Tatars are closer to Mongolians. But it is wrong to say that the Tartars=Mongolians or =Turks!! This is a separate nation, which has common roots with these peoples, but very silly to say that she is of Turkish origin!
I’m just curious, where did you get that information from? Tatars and Mongolians don’t even look the same! Tatars are Turkic, no one could deny the fact, Tatars call themselfs “Tatartörk” which means Tatarian-Turks.
Tatars are a subdivision of the turkic people. Oh and sure, they are not Turks, but related to Turks. By the way Turks are also a subdivision of the main group of the Turkic people.
she has full lips, I thought she was african descent like adriana lima
Jesus Christ here you are again with the full lips,Only Africans have big lips well that is news to me?God your a stupid cunt.
I’ve said before that you were a stupid nasty, I said do not want to talk with you little bitch
Shut up stupid cunt not my problem you keep making comment that make yourself look foolish. I`m not talking to you i`m commenting on a public page get a life.Didn`t everybody come from Africa originally why you so shocked that anybody else but a black person would have big lips.There is black people with small lips so does that mean they are white lol
This site has a warped vision of race. If you have big lips, it must mean you are part black. If you have almond-shaped eyes, it must mean that you are part Native or Asian. If you have high cheekbones, it must mean you are part Native. If you have any unusual features or dark features, it must mean you are not white at all.
It’s actually quite dumb.
lmfao you need to do some serious research. iranians, indians, moroccans, pakistanis and everyone else in those genes can have very pouty lips. slavic women are known for commonly having very pouty lips, too. saxon english women also tend to. and if you knew anything about typical russian facial features, you’d know russians can have very full lips, too. obviously the lip shapes differ between different ethnic groups, but that’s all. same shit, different continents mate.
She looks mixed, she reminds me alot of Adriana Lima ..
When I first this hot mama on the sports illustrated magazine, I thought damn this chick is deff brazilian! Well I stand corrected.
Ps what does russian Tatar means?
I think it means that her father Tatar from Russia. Tatars are from other countries (Turkey, Uzbekistan ect). But the large number of them, all the same in Russia, about 6 million.
There’s a republic of Tatarstan inside Russian Federation (hence federation and not a republic, there are over 15 different republics that make up Russia). Tatars are not Mongol, like someone wrote above! Tatars are closer related to Turks (language, culture, religion, etc.).
The best link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hc1DjVcL24&feature=player_embedded
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