"0807025" . . . . . "Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, better known as Yakov Smirnoff (born 24 January 1951), is a Soviet-born American comedian, actor and writer. After emigrating to the United States in 1977, Smirnoff began performing as a stand-up comic. He eventually gained fame, and he reached his biggest successes in the mid-to-late 1980s, when he also appeared in several films and television shows, including his own 1986-87 sitcom, What a Country!."@en . . . . "Yakov Smirnoff"@en . "1951Z"^^ . "1951-01-24Z"^^ . . "Smirnoff, Yakov"@en . . "American comedian" . "Yakov Naumovich Pokhis"@en . .