How did you leave Russia?
I left Russia by government issues. We had to isolate for some time to forget what we had seen, then we were set out, under the thought that we would not tell any outside reporters and questioners, they gave us our files-the whole family and we set back on trains to Germany where our houses had been left untouched by other citizens. the sole reason I left Russia was because my fueds of where my work would go to in the future.
What is your greatest achievement?
My greatest achievement ever is the time I created the smart card. I guess that was me being notable. Sharing to the community for a more developed and efficient world than the one I am in-stricken grief with the consequences of international relations and tensions across borders. I hope that my card will bring good to the community. And it has. And for that, I am proud. For that, I consider it as my greatest achievement as I have suffered for it and been praised for it.
What motivated you to not give up in Russia?
The main thing that drove me along was my passion for my family. Since we were all together, I could not give up where others had sacrificed their time. They came with me for me to do this program, by will or by not, they came. So I was not just going to give their trust up in the first few days of the challenge. Either way, we were staying where we were for a number of years and if we liked it or not, there was nowhere to go. So I did something. I worked. There was also the other slight motivation that this was the chance to beat the unbeatable war superpower-America. This was the best chance I could get to beat the one who destroyed the Fuhrer and his land. From these two motivations, I plowed on, aware of the consequences which follow.
Who was the person you most looked up to?
From Germany to Russia, I always looked up to Werner von Braun. He was like my counterpart. He was the leader of the V2 project and it was he who created the original concept-all written down in his diary which was later burnt in the destruction of German artillery when Americans came. But then when I was in Germany, he had been taken by the Americans as had I by the Russians. I was the mastermind behind rockets in Russia, he was always the mastermind behind the other end. Yet he always ended on the better end. That is what I found special about him. So superior that he was, and so right were his choices, he seemed the perfect engineer. Plowing through all the downs and coming up with something better.