How many years did Korchnoi have Soviet citizenship?
35
45
50
Before 1976
Answer
Korchnoi was born in 1931 in Leningrad, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time. He became a Soviet citizen in 1936 and held that citizenship until 1976, when he defected to Switzerland.
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