He retired as a colonel after being awarded more than 15 orders and medals for his heroism. But it is hardly a heros fate that befalls Lev today. When he first applied for and was refused permission to emigrate some 14 years agoon the dubious grounds that he had been exposed to state secretsLev Ovsishchers status as a military hero officially ended. His desire to emigrate was grounds enough for the Soviets to erase their debt to this veteran and to forget the honorable service he had rendered to his country. Instead. Lev was deprived of his rank and his military pension.
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