In Tennessee, there are few Russian speakers, mainly immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Eleonora Troyanovskaya from Minsk shared her experience with the TUT.BY portal: "We emigrated in the late 90s. We had a choice between Chicago and San Francisco, but my husband's brother had already moved to Nashville and was actively inviting us there. We brought a library, 500 dollars in cash, a 6-year-old son, and I was three months pregnant. I knew almost no English, just basic phrases, while my husband relied on his experience in publishing. Of course, such an adventure brought us many difficulties. Nashville, compared to San Francisco or Moscow, is an inexpensive city, but salaries are lower here. I spend about 2000 dollars for living with two children, including housing, utilities, food, and gas. There are few Russian speakers here, and most communicate with one or two families. However, there are rumors of a group of Russian speakers in the suburbs, an hour's drive away, united by the Orthodox faith. But there is a Russian store in Nashville! The way to the hearts of compatriots lies through the stomach. What could be better than black bread, lard, dry sausage, and smoked bream? In the store, we exchange news and gossip, and there is a bulletin board. This is the only store in the entire state.

By the way, the store's assortment is quite diverse: there are sections with herring, a lot of meat and dairy products, lard, a stand with books, beer, sunflower oil, ice cream, cakes (including Kyiv cake), kvass, kozinaки, bagels, many medicines, and cosmetic cream. The staff speaks Russian.

Yulia Prosvirova from Nizhny Novgorod shared other observations: "Many Russian speakers, after moving to America, try not to communicate with their compatriots. For example, upon hearing Russian speech in a store, they try to move away. These people strive to fully integrate into American culture and adopt local habits. They do not like Slavic traditions and everything related to Russia. One Russian-speaking woman once told my acquaintances: 'You all have come here,' and I don't even know what to say to someone who once moved themselves. Vacation here is similar to other countries. In Russia, vacation lasts a month, while here it is only a week, especially for contractors. Commercial workers are given a maximum of two weeks a year. In a week, you can't accomplish much: you fly to Europe, spend three days adjusting to the time difference, and then back."