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In 1956 Sarant and Barr were transferred to Leningrad where they were placed in charge of a military electronics research institute, and enjoyed the benefits of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] ''[[Nomenklatura]]''. They have been credited with being the founders of the Soviet microelectronics industry, mainly because Sarant was (until [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s forced retirement) a chief scientist at Zelenograd, the Soviet Union's Silicon Valley. In 1969 Sarant received a state honor for his contributions to Soviet science. In 1979 Sarant died of a heart attack, and the woman who fled with him returned to the United States in 1991.
In 1956 Sarant and Barr were transferred to Leningrad where they were placed in charge of a military electronics research institute, and enjoyed the benefits of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] ''[[Nomenklatura]]''. They have been credited with being the founders of the Soviet microelectronics industry, mainly because Sarant was (until [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s forced retirement) a chief scientist at Zelenograd, the Soviet Union's Silicon Valley. In 1969 Sarant received a state honor for his contributions to Soviet science. In 1979 Sarant died of a heart attack, and the woman who fled with him returned to the United States in 1991.
It wasn't until 1983, thirty-three years after Sarant's flight to Mexico, that the full story of Sarant's life was told. A Russian emigré working at Harvard who had read ''The Rosenberg File'' linked Barr and Sarant to two prominent Soviet scientists, both native speakers of English.
It wasn't until 1983, thirty-three years after Sarant's flight to Mexico, that the full story of Sarant's life was told. A Russian émigré working at Harvard who had read ''The Rosenberg File'' linked Barr and Sarant to two prominent Soviet scientists, both native speakers of English.
Sarant's cover name in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona project is "Hughes".
Sarant's cover name in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona project is "Hughes".