Their two sons, Yuliy Gusman and Michael Gusman, are an award-winning cinema and theatre director and a journalist and TV reporter respectively, of the USSR and Russian Federation. Michael, from childhood, dreamed of becoming a diplomat, however he was not admitted to the MGIMO. Therefore he chose to study at the Azerbaijan University of Languages and as a student there he began to participate in the Komsomol. Yuliy, despite choosing the medical profession, gravitated towards creative work. He has been awarded state medals of both Azerbaijan (“Glory" and “Friendship") and Russia (“Friendship”) and is a member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress, captain of the legendary KVN team "Guys from Baku,” a famous filmmaker and theatre director, and author of hundreds of television programmes, among other accolades.