Six million immigrants compose the Russian community in the US and Canada, including 1.6 million in New York and 600,000 in Southern California Followers of the Romanovs (Russian royal family), a group with loyal fans that has resulted in many publications People interested in exile/refugee issues and current global politics Readers of Russian literature, e.g., Tolstoy, Solzhenitsin, Chekhov, etc. Fans of memoir, particularly those involving family sagas Lovers of Russian history Lovers of Eastern European/Slavic history People with an interest in travel to Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe Lovers of women’s stories Readers of fiction based on true stories Readers of historical fiction Tania Romanov’s existing readership, i.e., buyers of Mother Tongue and Never a Stranger and her blog followers (several hundred devoted readers)