Russian Science

Typical "Russian" scientist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhores_Alferov
born in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union, to a Jewish mother

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were you even homeschooled?
Officially I was on homeschooling. Supposedly I should have planned my education and read the schoolbooks myself, doing exercises, but I just wasted time, doing nothing.

did your mom or dad teach you anything?
Mom was busy doing her own work. Dad has his own family and even busier work.