Grigory Gurevich

[1] At the beginning of World War II, he and a small group of children were evacuated to Kashtak, Siberia, and while parents weren't allowed to go, his mother jumped on the train.

[2] Following the war, the family reunited in Saint Petersburg to find their apartment occupied, forcing them to stay with his aunt, living in her dining room.

[3] His father created the design for Dubna, a "city of science" near Moscow, but instead of receiving the financial grant (the Lenin Premium), he was given the medal for the defense of Leningrad, and was later fired by the Leningrad GSP-11 Institute for being a Jew and never having been a member of Communist Party, leading to financial difficulties for the family and the divorce of Gurevich's parents.

[11] On his return to Moscow, his company merged with the State Theatre of Satire, which was run by Arkady Raikin, who was famous enough for Gurevich to be able to perform freely without facing pressure from government censors.

[7][18] He also served as a professor at St. John's University in New York and a faculty member at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts.

[25] The series of seven statues, which depict commuters from 1935, are plaster casts from real life figures, created and donated in 1984 by a class from the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art.

[37] The programs included drawing, painting, music, African dance, stained glass, sculpture, martial arts, pantomime and web design.

[36][40][41] Gurevich played Sergei Perlman in "Disappearing Acts", a 1999 episode of the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.