Dr. Yuri Tarnopolsky. In 1976. Dr. Tarnopolsky applied for an exit visa to Israel for his family. In 1979. his application was denied and he and his wife Olga were dismissed from their jobs. Yuri had been a linguist and researcher in organic chemistry. Olga was a teacher. In Kharkov. where the family lives. Tarnopolsky was one of a small number of Jewish academics who organized an unofficial university for the sons and daughters of other refusenik families barred from continuing their formal education because they had applied to emigrate. In 1981. Soviet authorities clamped down on the universitys activities.
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