S2 #7 'Pouyehali'. Architect Valery Sverdlin worked on FedSquare, Crown Casino and the Ritz Carlton

"Pouehali" is an SBS Russian podcast where we talk about the waves of emigration from Russia and the Soviet Union. In the second season, we talk about the emigration of Jews from the USSR to Australia, which began in 1974 and ended in 1990.

The story of Valery Sverdlin, a Melbourne-based architect who has worked on Federation Square, Crown Casino and ANZ Bank pojects, as well as the Ritz Carlton in Singapore and numerous private homes in Melbourne.

Find out why the shops at Crown Casino have low ceilings, how the architects had a rally at Federation Square to oppose protesters against the construction, and about Valery's first architectural impressions of Australia.

Listen to all episodes of the podcast here.