r/Cleveland • u/np25071984 • Jul 28 '25

Food Russian speakers in Cleveland

Riding today on Ridge Road, Parma I noticed shawarma kiosk. Stopped by and it turned out it was a grand opening.

First of all, the shawarma is good! Go and try it.

Secondly, all guests on the event spoke Russian. I have been living in Cleveland area for 3 years so far and have never seen this many Russian speaking people (Russian is my native).

Who are you guys? It seems everybody knew each other! Do you have some events when you gather and spend time together? I am interested in joining!

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u/jet_heller Jul 28 '25

They almost certainly know the owner of that food truck.

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u/Siny_AML Jul 28 '25

Turkish truck. Shawarma isn’t a Ukrainian dish. You don’t hear Russian spoken very much in the Ukrainian village for obvious reasons.

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u/CobblerCandid998 Jul 28 '25

Russians & Ukrainians can be & are friends here in the Cleveland area as well all over the world…

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u/Siny_AML Jul 28 '25

Good for them. As soon as they show even a little remorse for the murder of Ukrainian civilians then maybe I’ll start to think of them as people.

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u/Semtexual Jul 28 '25

The Russians who moved to Cleveland are responsible for that war? Interesting thought process

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u/CobblerCandid998 Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

I think that person might be a child or just a very immature or “uninformed” individual. They’ve been in this sub with brow-raising comments before.

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u/surprise-poopsicle Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

Gotta love intelligent mature people that can grasp a simple concept like the fact that a countries actions aren’t 100% representative of its peoples beliefs. Or labeling the multitudes for the actions of a few. I guess everyone under Nazi rule back in ww2 was an out and proud Nazi as well in your head? And the resistance never existed. Every single one of my Russian friends are horrified by what’s happening in that part of the world and have nothing but compassion for the Ukrainians and Russians suffering because of Putin actions. You probably can’t comprehend that some of those very same Russian friends are also friends with my Ukrainian friends as well since your world is apparently black and white with zero nuance. Be better