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...business became more successful, Schiller opened a store in Brookline in the mid-1980s, later closing that branch to open another store on Newbury Street, in downtown Boston...
...During the life of the store it’s changed three or four or five times,” Schiller says...
According to Schiller, the Soviet government only allowed emigrants to take the equivalent of $500 with them when they left the country. So the families would use their savings to purchase crafts for Schiller, who sold them in his store and held onto the money to give to the families when they arrived...
Because he was afraid of Soviet government monitoring, Schiller didn’t explicitly request items. Instead, he says, he dropped hints about what he might want for his store...
Little Russia came to Harvard Square in the mid-1970s, when Schiller rented a storefront in the Garage so small that he had to put his items on a pushcart and roll it into the hall to sell. In 1978 the store jumped to its current building on Mt. Auburn Street...