The sound of seagulls near the Mersey always reminds Anatoliy Gnezdilov of home.
Originally from the port city of Odesa in the south of Ukraine, he left his hometown on the Black Sea not too long after Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula. Since arriving in the UK, he has lived in London, Brighton and Plymouth, but Liverpool is somewhere that feels most like home.
“Maritime cities are really alike,” Anatoliy, or Tony to his friends, told the ECHO, “people are relaxed, they smile more, they enjoy life,” adding: “Liverpool is the place I want to stay for a long time.”
