Who is Marina Prusakova Oswald from Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK and what is their importance?

Marina Prusakova Oswald was a nineteen-year-old pharmacology student when she met Lee Harvey Oswald at a dance in Minsk. She had been born out of wedlock and never knew her father. She had lived in Leningrad with her mother and stepfather until she was fifteen when her mother died. She them moved to Minsk where she lived with her aunt and uncle. Her uncle was with the MVD, or police, according to Nosenko. Marina married Lee on April 30, 1961, a little more than a month after first meeting him. Some people say she married him to obtain a passport to the United States. Marina became pregnant in June. After applying for entry to the United States, Marina was pressured by her fellow workers and other people in Minsk to change her mind.