Kochublevsky was considered a model Soviet citizen. In fact. he was even awarded the Soviet Order of Merit for his patriotic work. Yet. after he and his wife applied to emigrate. all of that changed. After he requested the right to emigrate. his apartment was constantly searched by the Soviet KGB. he was threatened with a number of disciplinary actions. he was dismissed from his job. along with his wife in 1981. and he was ultimately arrested for his efforts to revive a "USSRIsrael Friendship Society." The KGB termed his efforts to revive the friendship society as "counterrevolutionary." For his "counterrevolutionary" actions he was sentenced in December 1982 to 31/2 years in a Soviet labor camp. Despite his ill health and the tremendous sufferingboth mentally and physicallyhe has been forced to endure at the hands of Soviet officials. Feliks Kochubievskylike so many other Soviet Jewshas demonstrated uncommon courage.
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