Early Life and Education
Brin was born in Moscow to Russian Jewish parents, Michael Brin and Eugenia Brin, both graduates of Moscow State University. His father is a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, and his mother, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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