Mikhail visited the United States while Eugenia remained in Russia. essentially as a hostage to guarantee that her husband would return. Mikhail and his son Boris. who lives in Philadelphia. recently came to my office to discuss their predicament. In November 1973. the Kalendarevs applied for permission to emigrate. Two months later. their request was denied on the grounds of "State Secrets" to which Eugenia allegedly was exposed during her work at a scientific institute. Eugenia designed boxes in which electronic devices were installed. Clearly. the flimsly nature of this pretext is not a secret to anyone. Just after filing the visa application. Mikhail. a prominent Leningrad managing engineer with over 30 years of experience. was demoted and informed that he no longer had the authorization to sign official documents. The humiliation continued as Mikhail and Eugenia sought to find work. eventually settling for a series of odd jobs until retiring in 1982.
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