# How easy was it to leave the Soviet Union?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 1, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-to-leave-the-soviet-union/410100 "2007-07-01T04:31:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-to-leave-the-soviet-union/410100/21 "2007-07-02T05:41:39Z")

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[QUOTE=riker1384]  
Is there an American embassy in New York?  
[/QUOTE]

Godunov actually requested asylum in the New York offices of the INS.

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