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This is the true story of the boy who caused such a stir when he defected from the Soviet Union back in the '80s, against the wishes of his family.
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"In August 1980, 12-year-old Polovchak requested political asylum in the U.S. (the youngest person ever to do so) rather than return with his disenchanted emigre parents to their native Ukraine.".