Alex Gilbert (adoption advocate) explained

Alex Gilbert
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Birth Name:Gusovskoi Alexander Viktorovich
(Changed to Sasha Alexander Gilbert)
Birth Date:1992 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Arkhangelsk, Russia
Nationality:Russian New Zealander
Years Active:2011–present
Website:alexgilbert.co.nz and imadopted.org
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Genre:Adoption
Vlogs
Channels:Alex Gilbert
Subscribers:30.3 thousand
Views:5.4 million
Years Active:2014–present
Stats Update:July 24, 2024

Sasha Alexander Gilbert (Russian: Саша Александр "Алекс" Гилберт; born 1 April 1992) is a Russian-born New Zealand adoption advocate, writer and media presenter, and is the founder of the organisation [1] [2] which he established in 2015.[3] [4]

Gilbert, whose name at birth is Gusovskoi Alexander Viktorovich,[5] was born in Arkhangelsk, where he was placed in a local orphanage for the first two years of his life until 1994, when he was adopted by his New Zealand parents. In 2013, Gilbert started searching for and located his Russian genetic parents, with whom he had no connection; his genetic father did not know about Gilbert's existence until Gilbert contacted him in 2013.[6] [7] [8]

In 2015, Gilbert established the organisation, a support network for adoptees.[9] Gilbert has been nominated for several awards for his adoption work, including Young New Zealander of the Year in 2018 and New Zealander of the Year in 2020.

Gilbert has made several appearances on television shows and documentaries about international adoption, and has written two books.[10] [11] Besides advocacy, Gilbert has worked in media and television, and regularly publishes videos to his YouTube channel.[12]

Early life

Alex Gilbert was born Gusovskoi Alexander Viktorovich on 1 April 1992 in Arkhangelsk, Russia, to Mihail Viktorovich Kovkov and Tatiana Taimurazovna Gusovskaia.[13] [14] [15] Gilbert's mother placed him in an orphanage in Arkhangelsk after he was born.[16] His genetic father Mihail did not know of Alexander's existence until 2013 after hearing through a series of online messages Alexander was searching for him. The father's name on Alexander's birth certificate and adoption papers had been falsified.[17]

In 1994, New Zealand couple Mark and Janice Gilbert adopted Alexander and his brother Andrei.[18] His name was legally changed to Sasha Alexander Gilbert in 1994.[19] The Gilbert family lived in Whangarei, New Zealand, and Alex lived there until he was 18 years old. In early 2011, Gilbert moved to Auckland to study and work in television.[20] [21]

Career

2013–2014

After an unsuccessful attempt in 2009, Gilbert recommenced his search for his birth parents in 2013.[22] He used Russian social networking websites to locate them. In November 2013, Gilbert travelled to Russia to meet his birth parents for the first time.

Gilbert's trip and his meetings with his birth parents was filmed for New Zealand's TV One's current affairs show Sunday, and the report was broadcast in 2014. In the same year' Gilbert wrote and released his autobiographical book My Russian Side, along with an autobiographical documentary film.[23] [24]

2015–2017

In July 2015 Gilbert established an online community and registered charity to allow adopted people to share their stories.[1] [25] [26] The project is a platform that helps adoptees around the world to share their personal experiences with adoption through social media.[27] [28] The project also holds meet-ups and events, and is available in several languages including English, Russian and Spanish.[29] Since 2019, also produces a podcast.[30] [31]

At the end of 2015, Gilbert appeared on Russian television station 1TV's programme Let them Talk, where his biological parents met his New Zealand parents for the first time. The show highlighted the early impact of the organisation .[32] In February 2017, Gilbert was a key speaker at an event at the New Zealand Parliament to help raise awareness for and its projects, where he was joined by Wendy Hawke, the director of Inter-Country Adoption New Zealand.[33] [34]

In October 2017 Gilbert went to Russia to visit the orphanage in Arkhangelsk[35] for the first time since he left in 1994.[36] [37] He returned to the orphanage the following year.[38] Gilbert also talked with adopted teenagers and parents in Moscow for the adoption charity Arifmetika Dobra.[39] [40] Gilbert also met Anna Kuznetsova, the former Children's Rights Commissioner for the Russian Federation, which was headquartered in Moscow.[41] [42]

In November 2017, Gilbert shared a video of his first meeting with his birth father on the social media platform Reddit; the video went viral and was published on the LADbible Facebook page.[43] [44]

2018–2019

In early 2018, Gilbert independently released his second autobiography I'm Adopted. A full-length interview that was based on the book was released in late June. Gilbert collected and hand-delivered supplies for his orphanage in Arkhangelsk, Russia, in October 2018.[45]

In January 2018, Gilbert appeared in the Russian documentary "The Man from Nowhere"[46] which was directed by Russian journalist and documentary writer Katerina Gordeeva.

In July 2018, Gilbert spoke via video link at the International Conference on Adoption Research 6 in Montreal, Canada, and hosted the first overseas meetup in Galway, Ireland, on 1 August 2018.[47] [48]

Also in 2018, Gilbert teamed up with the charity Arifmetika Dobra for another presentation with parents and adopted children. He was joined with Russian author Diana Mashkova. The event was held at Elektrostal inside of the Moscow region of Russia.[49] [50]

In January 2019, the Russian version of his autobiography titled «Я – приёмный сын» (I'm an Adopted Son) was released with a physical limited release with support of the Timchenko Foundation in Moscow, Russia. The book is published by Alpina Books, Russia, and a copy is held at the Russian State Library in Moscow.[51] [52] [53]

2020

In September 2020, Gilbert contributed to the Rudd Adoption Program for the University of Massachusetts Amherst with his work with .[54]

The following year, Gilbert was nominated for Young New Zealander of the Year for 2019, as well as a nomination for New Zealander of the Year.

Gilbert appeared in the Stuff documentary film Emma (2020), in which he helps a girl named Emma find her birth family in Russia. Emma then visits to Russia to meet her birth parents for the first time.[55] In 2021, the documentary won the Best Documentary award at that year's Voyager Internet Media Awards.[56] [57] [58]

2021

In the beginning of 2021, Gilbert temporarily moved to Russia, living mostly in the Moscow region.[59] Gilbert documented his time there by publishing videos to his YouTube channel.[60] He also again met with his birth mother Tatiana in Rybinsk, as well as his birth father Mihail and his family in Saint Petersburg.

He had also visited Arkhangelsk, a village in Vladimir Oblast and Altai Krai in Western Siberia. Gilbert also completed filming for Reunited during his time there. After almost six months, by the end of July 2021, Gilbert returned to New Zealand.[61]

2022

In September 2019, TVNZ announced Gilbert would be hosting a television series called Reunited.[62] The show focuses on his work with and the help with adopted people finding their birth families.[63] Filming for the series finished in 2021. Gilbert also served as a writer and narrator for the series. Season One aired in February 2022 on TVNZ 1; it had a positive reception, noting Gilberts compassion towards the adopted person. The series was noted for its cinematography.[64] [65] [66]

2023 and later

From November 2022, Gilbert began to publish his first online ongoing series An Adoption Story through his YouTube channel.[67] The series follows Alex as he meets other adoptees to share their stories. The series has been filmed in New Zealand, the United States and Italy.[68] In September 2023, the 2023 season was released on Amazon Prime.[69] The second series for An Adoption Story began in June 2024. [70]

His documentary short film, My Kazakhstan Connection which follows the story of Gilbert searching for his biological family links in Kazakhstan is due to be released in 2024.[71] [72]

Personal life

Alex Gilbert is of East European, Russian, Baltic and West Asian ancestry. Gilbert noted on his Facebook page the impact of the 2022 Russian invasion on his family in Russia and his relatives living in a village north of Kyiv, Ukraine. Gilbert's relatives in Ukraine are the brother and niece of his birth mother Tatiana.[73]

In May 2023, Gilbert went to the Kazakh village Tulkibas to trace his family origins in a search for his biological grandmother.[74]

Gilbert is currently in a relationship.

Awards

In 2018, Gilbert was nominated for Young New Zealander of the Year as part of the 2019 New Zealander of the Year Awards, as well as for New Zealander of the Year.[75] [76] He received a certificate of achievement from the Ministry of Health of the Arkhangelsk region in Russia for his orphanage initiative in November 2018.[77]

In November 2020, Gilbert became a finalist in the Global category for the 2020 New Zealand Impact Awards.[78]

Books

Filmography

+ Television / Films
YearTitleTitle in RussianNotes
2014Sunday
2014My Russian SideDocumentary film
2015Anatomy of the Day[81] «Анатомия дня»
2015Let Them Talk«Пусть говорят»Season 15, Episode 68
2015Sunday
2016Breakfast[82]
2017TV RainTV special about adoption
2018The Man from Nowhere[83] [84] «Человек из ниоткуда»[85] Russian documentary,
Directed by Katerina Gordeeva
2018I'm Adopted - The Interview w/ Meg Andrews«История моего усыновления Интервью

с Мэг Эндрюс»

2018Live on Air«Прямой эфир»
2019Seven Sharp[86]
2020Emma - A Stuff Circuit documentary[87] [88]
2021The Search[89] «Поиски»Russian documentary
2022Reunited (Season One)[90] TVNZ Series / Host and Writer
2022–presentAn Adoption Story
2024My Kazakhstan Connection

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Begins 5:51 . BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, The Happy Pod: Back to class for Afghan girls . 2023-04-10 . BBC . 8 April 2023 . en-GB.
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  4. Book: Else, Anne . A Question of Adoption: Closed Stranger Adoption in New Zealand 1944–1974 and Adoption, State Care, Donor Conception and Surrogacy 1975–2022 . 2023-02-27 . Bridget Williams Books . 978-1-991033-37-6 . en . Anne Else.
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  10. Web site: Воспитанники специализированного дома ребенка получили подарки из Новой Зеландии · Новости Архангельска и Архангельской области. Пресс-центр Правительства Архангельской области. dvinanews.ru. 2018-11-21.
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  32. Web site: The Kiwi start up that helps people find their birth parents goes international. 12 September 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170811010631/http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/relationships/article/2016/09/12/kiwi-start-helps-people-find-their-birth-parents-goes-international. 11 August 2017. dmy-all.
  33. News: Whangarei's Alex Gilbert helping adoptees share stories. NZ Herald. 25 July 2017. en-NZ.
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  36. News: Алекс Гилберт: "Мой жизненный пазл сложился" - Измени одну жизнь. 2017-11-01. Измени одну жизнь. 2017-11-01. ru-RU.
  37. Web site: Спустя больше 20 лет в Архангельск к родному отцу приехал теперь уже гражданин Новой Зеландии — Алекс Гилберт. www.pomorie.ru. 2017-10-28.
  38. News: Как новозеландец, усыновленный 25 лет назад, нашел своих настоящих родителей в России. правды». Дина КАРПИЦКАЯ Сайт «Комсомольской. 2017-10-30. KP.RU - сайт «Комсомольской правды». 2017-10-30. ru.
  39. News: Новозеландский адвокат по усыновлению Алекс Гилберт побывал в гостях у фонда "Арифметика добра". Агентство социальной информации. 2017-11-01. ru-RU.
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  42. News: Русская семья Алекса Гилберта. 2017-12-15.
  43. News: Watch: The moment a Kiwi meets his Russian birth father. Newshub. 2017-11-21.
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