Tim Kirby
Founder of American Villages in Russia
Tim Kirby is a naturalized Russian citizen who has lived in Russia for the better part of two decades. In addition to being a player-coach offensive lineman, Tim is an American football color commentator for the semi-professional Moscow Spartans club. Tim is renowned by Russians for his YouTube and RuTube travel videos dating back to the late 2000s and spent several years with his own travel show on RT. In recent years, Tim has become a real estate developer with his American Villages project/s designed for Westerners who wish to own a suburban home and permanently settle in Russia. The first American Villages homebuyers arrived to the inaugural American Village in the Moscow Oblast town of Istra in February 2025. Founder of American Villages in Russia AmericanVillages.ru.