That’s me with my son Konstantin during my vacation. We are on a riverbank not far from Moscow. The picture was taken in 1953.

I had 18 jobs during 38 years of working experience. My wife Elvira was always on my side. She is the one who should be given credit for all the good things that happened in my life. Due to her painstaking work, a barrack turned into a cozy house I always wanted to come home to.

Our nomad life was hard for my children. Every time we moved to a different place, my children had to change school, change their friends.

My son Konstantin graduated from the physics and mathematics department of the Moscow Physical and Technical Institute. Like his uncle, he became a professor.