Anton Yelchin
Yelchin in 2011, image via prphotos.com
Birth Name: Anton Viktorovich Yelchin
Date of Birth: 11 March, 1989
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date of Death: June 19, 2016
Place of Death: Studio City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Anton Yelchin was an American actor and photographer. His films include Delivering Milo, Along Came a Spider, Hearts in Atlantis, A Time for Dancing, House of D, Fierce People, Alpha Dog, Charlie Bartlett, You and I, New York, I Love You; Middle of Nowhere, Star Trek (2009), and its sequels; Terminator Salvation, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, The Beaver, voice roles in From Up on Poppy Hill and The Smurfs franchise; the remake Fright Night (2011), Like Crazy, Odd Thomas, Only Lovers Left Alive, Rudderless, 5 to 7, Cymbeline, Burying the Ex, Dying of the Light, Experimenter, Broken Horses, The Driftless Area, Green Room, Porto, Thoroughbreds, Rememory, and We Don’t Belong Here. He also starred on the shows Huff, and, in voice performance, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia; and in the made-for-tv movie Jack.
He was born in Leningrad, USSR, now Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, to Viktor Yelchin and Irina Korina, pair figure skaters. His parents are both Jewish, and Anton sometimes wore a Star of David and an Israeli hamsa pendant. The family moved to the U.S. in September 1989, receiving refugee status. They settled in the Tarzana area. In a Los Angeles Times article published on December 22, 1989, Anton’s mother stated, “A woman came up, saw Anton, and said, ‘He’s beautiful. He will be actor.'” Anton’s parents qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics, but were not allowed to attend by the Soviets, possibly because they were Jewish.
Anton’s uncle is artist and illustrator Eugene Yelchin.
Anton died after being struck by his jeep, which was set on “neutral,” and which pinned him to an iron security gate by his home in Los Angeles.
Anton’s paternal grandfather was named Aron/Aaron/Arcady Isaac Yelchin. Anton’s grandfather was captain of the Red Army Soccer Club in 1945.
Anton’s paternal grandmother was named Yelena Jacob.
Anton’s maternal grandfather is likely named Grigoriy N. Korin.
In 2015, Anton stated:
…guilt is a very important part of my personality… There are two things at work here, history and genetics. The history of Eastern European Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, has not been very pleasant. And I’m not just talking about World War II, but centuries and centuries of oppression and pogroms. If you are a product of that environment, it is a very big part of who you are. That’s not to say it’s all you are, but it is a part.
Sources: Article and interviews about Anton’s Jewish background – http://www.jewishjournal.com
https://stephenapplebaum.blogspot.ca
http://www.jweekly.com
https://www.jewishindependent.ca
Genealogy of Anton Yelchin (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Tatars in Poland????
Ask and you shall receive! btw I got the comments for Louis Tomlinson. funny how they didnt get filtered.
The laws that banded this type of marriage,didn’t happen all at once.I think it was 1664(an only in Maryland).However marriages still were very common,even after the law(Irish Nell is a prime example of this) Charles and Nell Butler were married in a “legal” Catholic ceremony( at Major Boarman’s home in Charles County).I think it took almost 30yrs for the rest of the colonies to catch up,meanwhile they were still getting married, I think Benjamin Banneker was example also. Now after that I can agree with you.Also about having kid anyhow,oh yes it was alot of that.Now Males both white and black slave owners,as well as female slave owners were having kids with their slaves.
Anton who? I thought, it’s about that drunken President
No, his name was Boris.
you taked and maded this drunk idiot president STUPID IDIOT AMERICANS!
I YOU DONT KNOW HIM WHY YOU WATCH THIS???
are all Russians Jewish
Most Ashkenazi Jews hail from Eastern Europe.
Russians were enslaved? What?
I’ve heard about Holodomor, which is a famine genocide. But I thought that was used only against the Ukrainians.
My knowledge about Eastern Europe is not strong. I only know what I learned through my European history class. There wasn’t much said about Stalin, Holodomor, and Eastern Europe in general. I would think that Eastern Europeans were “privileged.”
All I know is that Olga Kurylenko and Irina Zhuravskaya are beautiful and exotic. :]
You’re very knowledgable. It says serfdom is the status of peasants under feudalism. Do you mind elaborating?
Interesting read. You learn something new everyday. Thank you.
To follers
just one thing,slaves could marry with permission,and many got that permission.The only problem was that husbands and wives and children could all be separated at any time at the whim of an owner.Or they tried blackmail(by Threatening to enslave their children),when the marriage involved a white woman.Just in case you didn’t know,it was very common for black and white slaves to marry back in the day.
who was the slaves???the russians was never slaves of noonefucking idiot!they are always free people and does not to belong to noone idiot!everybody wants to occupiate the russians andthe rusian land and territories but noone can do it!russian wined all the nations all the wars against them french japans tatars mongols fins turks polaks etc!
Who is Zhuravs…? A celebrity?
To Holodomor: you ment a slavery after 1918,
I don’t think, they treated russian people better,
as ukrainean
they ment serfdom ( we learnt smth about a difference at scholl) in 19 century.
Surely, serfs were poor, but I never heard, that
millions of them were dead in some months.
Communism was a form of slavery, too
I can’t understand, what has the whole thing common
with the years before 1860?????
There are some american celebrities with russian
or similar roots, who emigrated before a revolution:
Bronsons parents were not jews, and Kidis’ father
too, or…?
I’m apolodize for my grammar. Sometimes I’m
careless
Actually, it correspond to a common knowledge,
that russian politic suppressed all minorities,
especially jews. Russian people hadn’t reason to
emigrate, although they were free people since
1860.
I ment, it’s just funny, that L.E. put Holodomor in
1960, and you told about sefrom. What has serfdom
in 19 century to do with emigration from USSR?
Bronson father was of Lipka Tatars ancestry
Bronson’s father was a Tatar
Tatars don’t have names like Bukinski (Bukinskis),
it’s typical polish name. Tatars converted to islam
and have muslim names + “ov”, like boxer
Ibrahimov
You must be joking that you actually think most Russians are Jewish.
Ashkenazi Jews are a different ethnic group with different origins, even though they lived in Eastern Europe for so long.
you previously stated that Ashkenazis are a Levantine/North Italian mix.