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Haifa — Every Russian
Jew who comes to Israel can
tell a dramatic and often
touching story. Irina Bogus-
laysky has a tale of her own.
She was born in Lenin-
grad into a family that was
Communistic and had early
discarded its Jewishness.
Her children bore names
like Vladimir and Nina be-
cause her family wanted
nothing to mark them as
Jewish. Yet, as she looks
back upon it now, she had
felt anti-Semitism ever
since her early childhood.
Her father, though a loyal
Communist, sought to build
a protective wall around
her, but in vain. She was
denied the opportunity to
study electronics because
she was Jewish, and instead
went into the field of naval
architecture, which appar-
ently did not appeal to other
Russians. Her husband was
in a related field.
She rose rapidly in her
profession, but when in
1972 she decided she
wanted to go to Israel, her
very success stood in her
way. She knew too many
Soviet naval secrets, it was
said, and permission was
denied. The request to im-
migrate also cost her her
job.
She worked as an elevator
operator and as an apart-
ment house handyperson.
Being an engineer, she
could also repair the
elevators when they broke
down. Her husband became
a postman.
In 1977, for one of those
inexplicable Russian rea-
sons, perhaps a mistake, she
was permitted to leave with
her family. She had heard of
the Technion, but did not
realize the great extent of
its program, and on arrival
in Israel took a job as a la-
borer in a factory.
It was only later, by
chance, that she discovered
that the Technion also did
work in marine engineer-
ing. When she showed up
with her diplomas and her
doctorate and report of her
experience, they leaped.
Where had she been? There
was urgent need for people
like her.
During her first labora-
tory work in Haifa she made
recommendations, and ad-
vised what the research re-
sults were apt to be. Her col-
leagues were skeptical. She
had not been permitted to
take out of Russia any of her
classified research papers,
and all her experience was
in her head. However, the
research was conducted as
she advised. Based on their
studies and the data which
she had reconstructed from
memory, the researchers
were amazed to find that
she was right.
From the published
document we learned what
she did not tell us: that for
17 years she had worked at
the highly-mysterious and
secret Krylov All-Union
Central Scientific Research
Institute in Leningrad.
Now she is a senior staff
member with Technion's'
Coastal and • Marine
Engineering Research In-
stitute and is producing new
scientific literature.
She is also carrying on a
campaign to convince gov-
ernment authorities that
the Technion has both the
staff and the facilities to
execute almost any marine
or naval research required,
thus obviating the need to
place orders overseas. Yet,
she was told, there is more
confidence in the research of
a Dutch shipyard.
Strange, she mused. In
Russia everyone thinks the
Jews are awfully smart.
Here the Jews seem to think
the non-Jews are smarter!
Sometimes, economy is
made an issue on major con-
struction. It is not cheaper
in Europe, she insists. In-
deed, after you get through
paying unemployment
compensation to the dis-
charged Israel shipyard
workers, the cost to Israel is
much higher.
She recalls one order on
research into ship drag
which Israel had placed
with a Hamburg shipyard
because of its reputation,
despite her claim that
the staff in Haifa could do
the--job as well. Dr. Bogus-
laysky decided to make this
a test case. Technion built a
model, according to specifi-
cations, only one-tenth the
size of that required in
Germany, and hence at only
one-tenth of the cost. Her
system and methods were
utilized, and the staff came
up with a detailed set of
findings. The report from
Hamburg, produced at
great expense, finally came
in — and the results were
identical.
Had she ever considered
going to America? Her reply
was swift. She did not leave
the Soviet Union to ex-
change one Galug for an-
other. Some of her friends
did go to the U.S., and the
correspondence between
them has dwindled.
"They know how we feel
about their being there,"
she said. "Many of them are
not happy, and perhaps
ashamed to write. Others
have 'succeeded' in the
American sense. Perhaps
they have a bigger car than
I do. What's the point? Is the
size of the car a criterion for
finding fulfillment in life?"
She now has an Israeli
sabra grandchild, whose
name is Rachel.