dropping raw info on the Brin family. disregard any info that has already been posted. im failing to make more connections due to my lack of knowledge on certain topics but im sure some of this is relevant.

 

sergey brin:

 

1. both parents were mathematicians that graduated from Moscow State University.

 

1. Sergey went on a two-week trip when he was 17 to the USSR with his father chaperoning in 1990. One notable member of the tour group was future Carnegie Mellon computer science professor John Stamper.

a. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin#Early_life_and_education

b.various papers written by Stamper:

i.https:// cmu.academia.edu/JohnStamper

 

1. Has a younger brother, Sam, who is not mentioned at all in his wiki or other places so I imagine Sam was born in U.S. after migration.

 

Mikhail(Michael) Brin:

 

1. Earned degree in mathematics from Moscow State as stated above.

 

1. Determined his family must leave country after math conference in 1977 in Warsaw.

 

1. Taught himself computer programming while waiting for the opportunity to migrate to U.S.

 

1. Got offered position at University of Maryland as a mathematics professor before even arriving in U.S.

a.http:// www.math.umd.edu/~mib/

b. might be useful: http:// dynamics.math.umd.edu/conferences/md08/

 

1. Is a specialist in dynamical systems

 

1. Had only had two graduate students, these two guys

http:// math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/jprevite/

https:// sites.google.com/site/fgaribay/

 

Genia Brin

 

1.Mother of Sergey, also graduated from Moscow State with a degree in mathematics, as stated above.

 

1. Her first job in the U.S. was at a consulting firm that specialized in research and analysis of "various aspects" of the oil industry.

 

1. A year later she landed a job at Goddard Space Flight Center to work on weather models & satellite weather data analysis.

a. http:// mystory.hias.org/en/stories/view/index/identity/30.html

 

1. Board member at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

a.https:// www.zoominfo.com/p/Genia-Brin/899814092

 

1. small documentary on her life, might have useful info: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z9qp9M6cto&ab_channel=Alebetmontessori

 

Maya Brin

 

1. Grandmother to Sergey and mother of Michael Brin.

 

1. Teaches Russian at University of Maryland

 

3.. Founder of the Maya Brin Residency Program. here's their mission statement taken from their facebook page:

 

The Maya Brin Residency Program will enable the Russian Department to bring leading Russian scholars, artists, or cultural figures to campus for short-term stays ranging from 1 week to 1 semester. As influential representatives of their field, Maya Brin Residents will be figures around whom the intellectual life on campus can rally – in particular among the existing strengths in Russian studies in the various departments in the College. With successive residents drawn from different disciplines, each residency program will create synergies to inspire new interdisciplinary initiatives in teaching, the training of graduate students, and scholarship. Residents will be drawn from the fine or performing arts, literature, journalism, politics, history, literary or art criticism, or any other branch of the humanities.

 

1. links of interest:

a.http:// sllc.umd.edu/russian/mayabrin

b.https:// www.arhu.umd.edu/news/maya-brin-endowment-russian

 

Interesting link on Brin family: http:// eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/brin.html

 

I haven't been digging long but I wanted to share what I have so far as it might help some of you.

 

WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A LINK BETWEEN THIS FAMILY AND THE COLD WAR, AND THEN LINK THAT WITH THE KGB. THIS LINK WILL BE THE HARDEST BUT MOST CRUCIAL!!

 

I think it has something to do with the fact that Soviet Union propped up NK long ago. I trust we will find the link.

 

godspeed patriots. stay safe. I'll keep digging.