Vladimir Strelnikov — (born 1939) was born in Odessa, in Soviet Ukraine, and made his studies at the local art academy. He is a member of the Odessa Group of exiled and dissident artists. In 1960 he debuted in Odessa at the autumn exhibition of the Fine Art Federation … Wikipedia
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Isayevich and the family name is Solzhenitsyn. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn After returning to Russia from exile in 1994. Born Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn 11 December 1918( … Wikipedia
Anatoly Marchenko — Anatoly Tikhonovich Marchenko (also Anatoli Marchenko, Anatolii Marchenko, etc.) (January 23, 1938 – December 8, 1986) was an influential and well known Soviet dissident, author, and human rights campaigner. He was the first recipient of the… … Wikipedia
Gulag — For other uses, see Gulag (disambiguation). The integrated map of the Gulag camps, which existed from 1923 to 1961, based on data from the Human Rights Society «Memorial» … Wikipedia
Osip Mandelstam — Osip Mandelstam,1914 Born January 15 [O.S. January 3] 1891 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died … Wikipedia
Valeriya Novodvorskaya — 1st Chairman of the Democratic Union Incumbent Assumed office 8 May 1988 … Wikipedia
Yuli Daniel — The bookcover of The Letters from Prison Yuli Markovich Daniel (Russian: Юлий Маркович Даниэль; November 15, 1925 December 30, 1988) was a Soviet dissident writer, poet, translator and political prisoner. He frequently wrote under the pseudonyms… … Wikipedia
Dina Kaminskaya — Dina Isaakovna Kaminskaya (13 January 1919, 7 July 2006) was a lawyer and human rights activist in the Soviet Union who was forced to emigrate in 1977 to avoid arrest. She and her husband moved to the United States. She was born in Yekaterinoslav … Wikipedia
