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- In 1990, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Michel Litvak moved back to Russia and settled in Moscow. He started out by building up a consumer goods trading activity between Russia and China, which became the largest business of its kind for several years.
In 1990, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Michel Litvak moved back to Russia and settled in Moscow. Litvak began by building up consumer goods trading activity between Russia and China, and his became the largest business of its kind for several years.
In 1990, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Michel Litvak moved back to Russia and settled in Moscow. Litvak began by building up consumer goods trading activity between Russia and China, and his became the largest business of its kind for several years.
Through his activity in energy logistics, Michel Litvak realized that as a result of the dismantling of the former USSR, Russia had lost two thirds of its harbors. He understood the opportunity in building a new private harbor for the export of energy, raw materials and goods from southern Russia and Central Asia.
Jul 25, 2022 · With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia missed most of its port facilities — a factor Michel Litvak took into account after careful analysis and decided to rectify as a business.
When the first railway between Russia and Germany opened in East Prussia (1859) it started a significant Litvak emigration particularly to the United States but also to South Africa, Germany and the first wave of emigration to Palestine. Very often families took different migration decisions.
In 1990, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Michel Litvak moved back to Russia and settled in Moscow. Litvak began by building up consumer goods trading activity between Russia and China, and his became the largest business of its kind for several years.
With the spread of the Enlightenment, many Litvaks became devotees of the Haskala (Jewish Enlightenment) movement in Eastern Europe pressing for better integration into European society, and today, many leading academics, scientists, and philosophers are of Lithuanian Jewish descent.
