Shirley Dubinsky
American citizen
Shirley Dubinsky (born March 11, 1925)[1] was an American citizen who attempted to defect to the Soviet Union in 1962. She refused to leave the Soviet Union when her visa expired. She was committed to a mental hospital on January 5, 1963, with a mental diagnosis of "schizophrenic break." After being hospitalized she returned to the United States on February 1, 1963. She was mentioned by the United States Congress Defector Study in 1979.[2]
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American defectors to the Soviet Union
- Arthur Adams
- William D. Haywood
- John S. Reed
- Alexander Gelver
- Alfred E. Sarant
- Flora D. Wovschin
- George A. Koval
- Isaiah Oggins
- Joel Barr
- Lona Cohen
- Morris Cohen
- Thomas Sgovio
- Arnold Lockshin
- Bernon F. Mitchell
- Edward Lee Howard
- Harold M. Koch
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Robert E. Webster
- Shirley Dubinsky
- William H. Martin