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Sergey's mother was less willing to leave their home in Moscow, where they had spent their entire lives.

Malseed writes, " For Genia, the decision ultimately came down to Sergey.

While her husband admits he was thinking as much about his own future as his son's, for her, ' it was 80 / 20 ' about Sergey.

" They formally applied for their exit visa in September 1978, and as a result his father " was promptly fired ".

For related reasons, his mother also had to leave her job.

For the next eight months, without any steady income, they were forced to take on temporary jobs as they waited, afraid their request would be denied as it was for many refuseniks.

During this time his parents shared responsibility for looking after him and his father taught himself computer programming.

In May 1979, they were granted their official exit visas and were allowed to leave the country.

At an interview in October, 2000, Brin said, " I know the hard times that my parents went through there, and am very thankful that I was brought to the States.