MOSCOW, May 29. Leonid Yakubovich spoke about his relationship with the founders of Hollywood. He shared the details on the YouTube show Manuchi's Empathy.
According to the presenter, Nicholas and Joseph Shenk (aka Nikolai and Joseph Scheinker), one of the founders of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film company, are cousins of his grandfather.
He admitted that relatives from the US tried to contact his family.
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“When I was already studying at the institute, a rather plump envelope came from America in the name of my father. A woman wrote. She was a Broadway theater producer. She is either the granddaughter or the daughter of one of these Shenkovs,” Yakubovich recalled.
An image with a family tree was attached to the letter. However, it has not been preserved.
Earlier it was reported that Leonid Yakubovich denied the presence of two planes and 12 houses in the suburbs.