About the Book In Notes for My Dear Grandchildren: Unalienable Rights, Yuri Zakharenkov presents various people, who by some amazing twists of destiny were brought together with the only goal to continue their lives, hoping for a better future. They come from many distant places, and have very diverse family lifestyles and social positions. Nevertheless, they all believe in their ability to survive difficult times and experience happiness eventually. The story of Gary and his family is unique by its amazing turns, which nobody could predict (but everyone told that the way out of Soviet society to western culture was going to be extremely difficult). Some of Gary’s old friends consider him as a lucky one; nobody should follow his path, they said, it was too risky. But Gary himself was of another opinion – his faith in himself, his trust in his passion, and his support of his loved ones – those were the guarantees of the success, never mind how hard the impossible task would be. About the Author Yuri Zakharenkov was born in Sarov, a small secret Russian town, where the first Soviet atomic bomb laboratory had been created. At age ten, he moved with his family to another nuclear weapon laboratory in Snezhinsk, a newly developed facility in the Siberian side of the Ural mountains. His father, Alexander Zakharenkov, was the key figure in Soviet nuclear weapons development and later was named a deputy minister to oversee the program all over the USSR. After graduating from Moscow State University with a major in laser physics, Yuri worked for 21 years at the leading Soviet research center, Lebedev Physical Institute, on the study of the power laser applications in the group of Nobel laureate N.Basov. During that period, Zakharenkov published his and coauthor’s scientific results in dozens of journal articles and two books, one of which was translated to English and deserved fair success. The Zakharenkovs fled Moscow in August 1991 during the coup, which ultimately led to the fall of the communist regime. In the US, Yuri worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the first six years, then three years at Silicon Valley start-ups and finally at the Raytheon company in Los Angeles. Now retired, he put in writing his incredible memories, added biography notes of his ancestors (who also had remarkable fates), and expressed his own vision of life values, human rights, personal liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit. Greek Proverb In these notes a grandfather sets out for his grandchildren some of the lessons he has learned from a long and rewarding life. These are lessons the young people may not be able to absorb just yet, but “Papa” will probably not be here when his grandchildren have experienced enough of life themselves to grasp fully the insights set out in these pages. The advice he offers his grandchildren, as a stimulus to the development of their own wisdom later in their lives, covers topics as diverse as self-awareness and self-judgement, relationships between the sexes, how to deal with conflict and one’s attitude toward the eternal.

Letters To Grandson Write Letters To Your Grandson That He Will Be Able To Read When He Grow Up. Share Your Life, Memories And Love. The Greatest Souvenir From Grandparents For A Grandson. Give Him Your Wise Words, Wishes For Them And Descriptions Of Your Shared Experiences. Thanks To This Book, He Will Keep Your Love Forever.

Stay connected to your grandchild for eternity with this heart felt journal! A Grandparents love for grandchild is like no other. The reward of being a grandparent is incredible! Keeping this bond between a grandparent and a grandchild is so important. There is no better way to keep this bond then to write to them and create a book of memories that they can keep for the rest of their lives. Share your childhood story. Share their mothers or fathers childhood story. Share the moment you first laid your eyes on them as a baby. Pass down your wisdom to make them a better human. Within these pages your grandchild will be able to hear you whenever they feel down or stuck in life. This journal wil keep you close to your grandchild always!

This "Memories for my grandchildren" journal allows you to sit down and write a series of special letters to your grandchildren. After each letter page there is a "personal space" for you to attach important photographs and keepsakes. Fill this book with love and special memories of great times shared! Leave behind a legacy of love...