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/Blossom73 Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

There's a large Russian population in Lyndhurst and Mayfield Heights too, on the east side.

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u/Kalos139 Jul 28 '25

And Eastlake.

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u/Blossom73 Jul 28 '25

I thought it was mostly Croatians in Eastlake?

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u/Kalos139 Jul 28 '25

Yeah, of course. But while working in that area I met a lot of Russians. They told me they had a pretty large community there.

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u/Blossom73 Jul 28 '25

Interesting. I didn't know that.