Slava kurilov biography of albert hall

The Sovetsky Soyuz cruise liner is sailing in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. On board are Soviet tourists having fun, drinking, and generally having a wonderful time. A lone man holding a towel quietly walks along the deck towards the stern, where he pulls out a bag with flippers, a snorkeling mask, and a breathing tube from under his towel.

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He puts on the equipment and jumps overboard. The man's name is Stanislav Kurilov. He was just desperate to flee his native country. By Soviet standards, Kurilov was an unusual person: From his youth, he practised yoga, slept on nails, went on day starvation diets, and meditated. He also had an impressive career: he worked as a psychologist, ocean navigator, diver, and aquanaut.

As a scientist he worked at the Chernomor underwater laboratory, where he spent several months at a depth of 14 meters. Kurilov, who was in love with the sea, was saddened by one thing — the impossibility of working abroad with the world's leading oceanographers. For a whole year I was preparing for the diving mission. But once again they refused me a visa, saying that a visit to capitalist countries was not appropriate," he wrote in his diaries, which were later published in the book Alone at Sea.