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Ain Saar
Ain Saar (1968) is a Võro punk rocker, and freedom fighter, the leader of the group Vaba-Sõltumatu Noorte Kolonn Nr.1 (Free Independent Youth Column No. 1) of December 20, 1987, which struggled ...
Ain Saar (1968) is a Võro punk rocker, and freedom fighter, the leader of the group Vaba-Sõltumatu Noorte Kolonn Nr.1 (Free Independent Youth Column No. 1) of December 20, 1987, which struggled ...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a writer, who, through his often-suppressed writings, helped to raise global awareness of the gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – parti...
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a writer, who, through his often-suppressed writings, helped to raise global awareness of the gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – parti...
Aleksandr Zinovyev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinovyev was a prominent Russian logician and dissident writer of social critique.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinovyev was a prominent Russian logician and dissident writer of social critique.
Alexander Esenin-Volpin
Alexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin (, born May 12, 1924) is a prominent Russian-American poet and mathematician.
Alexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin (, born May 12, 1924) is a prominent Russian-American poet and mathematician.
Alexander Galich (writer)
Alexander Galich was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, and singer-songwriter.
Alexander Galich was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, and singer-songwriter.
Alexander Ginzburg
Alexander Ilyich Ginzburg, was a Russian journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident.
Alexander Ilyich Ginzburg, was a Russian journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident.
Alexander Herzen Foundation
The Alexander Herzen Foundation (in Dutch: Alexander Herzenstichting) was a non-profit foundation, legally established in 1969 in Amsterdam, dedicated to publish samizdat manuscripts from d...
The Alexander Herzen Foundation (in Dutch: Alexander Herzenstichting) was a non-profit foundation, legally established in 1969 in Amsterdam, dedicated to publish samizdat manuscripts from d...
Alexander Nekrich
Aleksandr Moiseyevich Nekrich (Александр Моисеевич Некрич) (1920–1993) was a Soviet Russian historian, since 1976 in emigration to the United States, known for his works on the history of the So...
Aleksandr Moiseyevich Nekrich (Александр Моисеевич Некрич) (1920–1993) was a Soviet Russian historian, since 1976 in emigration to the United States, known for his works on the history of the So...
Alexander Tarasov
Alexander Nikolaevich Tarasov is a Soviet and Russian left-wing sociologist, politologist, culturologist, publicist, writer and philosopher.
Alexander Nikolaevich Tarasov is a Soviet and Russian left-wing sociologist, politologist, culturologist, publicist, writer and philosopher.
Alexandr Podrabinek
Alexandr Podrabinek (Александр Пинхосович Подрабинек; born August 5, 1953) is a Russian journalist, human rights activist and editor-in-chief of Prima information agency.
Alexandr Podrabinek (Александр Пинхосович Подрабинек; born August 5, 1953) is a Russian journalist, human rights activist and editor-in-chief of Prima information agency.
Alexei Borovoi
Alexei Alexeyevich Borovoi (1875–1935) was a Russian individualist anarchist writer, orator, teacher and propagandist.
Alexei Alexeyevich Borovoi (1875–1935) was a Russian individualist anarchist writer, orator, teacher and propagandist.
Ambrosius of Georgia
Ambrosius (ამბროსი, Ambrosi) (September 7, 1861 – March 29, 1927) was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927.
Ambrosius (ამბროსი, Ambrosi) (September 7, 1861 – March 29, 1927) was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927.
Anatoly Koryagin
Anatoly Ivanovich Koryagin (Анато́лий Ива́нович Коря́гин) (September 15, 1938 —) is a Russian psychiatrist and Soviet dissident.
Anatoly Ivanovich Koryagin (Анато́лий Ива́нович Коря́гин) (September 15, 1938 —) is a Russian psychiatrist and Soviet dissident.
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (Анато́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; August 18, 1929, Kiev–June 13, 1979, London) was a Russian language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied...
Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (Анато́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; August 18, 1929, Kiev–June 13, 1979, London) was a Russian language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied...
Anatoly Marchenko
Anatoly Tikhonovich Marchenko was an influential and well-known Soviet dissident, author, and human rights campaigner.
Anatoly Tikhonovich Marchenko was an influential and well-known Soviet dissident, author, and human rights campaigner.
Andrei Amalrik
Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik (Russian:Андрей Алексеевич Амальрик; May 12, 1938 - November 12, 1980), alternatively spelled Andrei or Andrey, was a Russian writer and dissident.
Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik (Russian:Андрей Алексеевич Амальрик; May 12, 1938 - November 12, 1980), alternatively spelled Andrei or Andrey, was a Russian writer and dissident.
Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Andrei Sinyavsky
Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: Андрей Донатович Синявский) (8 October 1925, Moscow – 25 February 1997, Paris) was a Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emi...
Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: Андрей Донатович Синявский) (8 October 1925, Moscow – 25 February 1997, Paris) was a Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emi...
Andrey Derevyankin
Andrey Nikolaevich Derevyankin is a politician, Soviet dissident and former political prisoner in 1984-1987, 1997–1998, 2000-2004.
Andrey Nikolaevich Derevyankin is a politician, Soviet dissident and former political prisoner in 1984-1987, 1997–1998, 2000-2004.
Andrey Tverdokhlebov
Andrey Tverdokhlebov was a Soviet physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Andrey Tverdokhlebov was a Soviet physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Anna Barkova
Anna Alexandrovna Barkova, July 16, 1901 - April 29, 1976, was a Soviet poet, journalist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, and writer of fiction.
Anna Alexandrovna Barkova, July 16, 1901 - April 29, 1976, was a Soviet poet, journalist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, and writer of fiction.
Ante Ciliga
Ante Ciliga (20 February 1898 - 21 October 1992) was Croatian politician, writer and publisher.
Ante Ciliga (20 February 1898 - 21 October 1992) was Croatian politician, writer and publisher.
Anti-Sovietism
Anti-Sovietism and Anti-Soviet refer to persons and activities actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or government power within the Soviet Union.
Anti-Sovietism and Anti-Soviet refer to persons and activities actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or government power within the Soviet Union.
Benjamin Fain
Benjamin Fain (Вениамин Моисеевич Файн, בינימין פיין) (February 17, 1930) is a known physicist, professor-emeritus, former refusenik.
Benjamin Fain (Вениамин Моисеевич Файн, בינימין פיין) (February 17, 1930) is a known physicist, professor-emeritus, former refusenik.
Boris Kagarlitsky
Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia.
Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia.
Boris Korczak
Boris Sielicki-Korczak (born February 11, 1939) is a Polish National and United States Citizen, who worked as a CIA Field Operative between 1973 and 1979.
Boris Sielicki-Korczak (born February 11, 1939) is a Polish National and United States Citizen, who worked as a CIA Field Operative between 1973 and 1979.
Boris Moishezon
Boris Gershevich Moishezon (Борис Гершевич Мойшезон) (October 26, 1937–August 25, 1993) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet mathematician.
Boris Gershevich Moishezon (Борис Гершевич Мойшезон) (October 26, 1937–August 25, 1993) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet mathematician.
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian language poet, novelist, and literary translator.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian language poet, novelist, and literary translator.
Bulldozer Exhibition
Bulldozer Exhibition was an unofficial art exhibition on a vacant lot in the Belyayevo urban forest by Moscow avant-garde artists on September 15, 1974.
Bulldozer Exhibition was an unofficial art exhibition on a vacant lot in the Belyayevo urban forest by Moscow avant-garde artists on September 15, 1974.
Chronicle of Current Events (samizdat)
The information bulletin Chronicle of Current Events was one of the longest-running and best-known samizdat periodicals in the USSR dedicated to the defense of human rights.
The information bulletin Chronicle of Current Events was one of the longest-running and best-known samizdat periodicals in the USSR dedicated to the defense of human rights.
Danylo Shumuk
Danylo Lavrentiyovych Shumuk was a Ukrainian political activist who served a total of 42 years imprisoned by three different states, Second Polish Republic, Nazi Germany and Soviet Union.
Danylo Lavrentiyovych Shumuk was a Ukrainian political activist who served a total of 42 years imprisoned by three different states, Second Polish Republic, Nazi Germany and Soviet Union.
David Devdariani
David Devdariani (დავით დევდარიანი) ( November 17, 1927–June 13, 2006) was a Professor of Jurisprudence and Head of Law Faculty at Georgian Technical University.
David Devdariani (დავით დევდარიანი) ( November 17, 1927–June 13, 2006) was a Professor of Jurisprudence and Head of Law Faculty at Georgian Technical University.
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.
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.
Dmitri Savitski
Dmitry Petrovich Savitsky (Дмитрий Петрович Савицкий, (born January 25, 1944), (Дми́трий Петро́вич Сави́цкий) is a Russian writer and poet.
Dmitry Petrovich Savitsky (Дмитрий Петрович Савицкий, (born January 25, 1944), (Дми́трий Петро́вич Сави́цкий) is a Russian writer and poet.
Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair
The Dymshits–Kuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair (Ленинградское самолётное дело, or Дело группы Дымшица-Кузнецова) (Leningrad Process) was an attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft on 15 J...
The Dymshits–Kuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair (Ленинградское самолётное дело, or Дело группы Дымшица-Кузнецова) (Leningrad Process) was an attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft on 15 J...
Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair
The Dymshits–Kuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair (Ленинградское самолётное дело, or Дело группы Дымшица-Кузнецова) (Leningrad Process) was an attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft on 15 J...
The Dymshits–Kuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair (Ленинградское самолётное дело, or Дело группы Дымшица-Кузнецова) (Leningrad Process) was an attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft on 15 J...
Eduard Kuznetsov
Eduard Kuznetsov (Russian language: Эдуард Кузнецов; born in Moscow, 1939) is a Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and writer.
Eduard Kuznetsov (Russian language: Эдуард Кузнецов; born in Moscow, 1939) is a Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and writer.
Eduard Limonov
Eduard Limonov (Эдуард Лимонов, real name Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, Эдуа́рд Вениами́нович Саве́нко; born February 22, 1943) is Russian writer and political dissident, and is the founde...
Eduard Limonov (Эдуард Лимонов, real name Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, Эдуа́рд Вениами́нович Саве́нко; born February 22, 1943) is Russian writer and political dissident, and is the founde...
Efim Etkind
Efim Etkind (Ефим Григорьевич Эткинд, Feb.
Efim Etkind (Ефим Григорьевич Эткинд, Feb.
Efraim Sevela
Efraim Sevela (Эфраим Севела, pen-name of Efim Evelevich Drabkin – Ефим Евелевич Драбкин; March 8, 1928, Babruysk, Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus – August 18, 2010) was a Russian writer, screenwriter...
Efraim Sevela (Эфраим Севела, pen-name of Efim Evelevich Drabkin – Ефим Евелевич Драбкин; March 8, 1928, Babruysk, Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus – August 18, 2010) was a Russian writer, screenwriter...
Eliyahu Essas
Rabbi Eliyahu Essas (Russian: Илья Эссас; born 1946) is a notable former leader of Soviet Jewry and one of the founders of Baal Teshuva movement in the Soviet Union.
Rabbi Eliyahu Essas (Russian: Илья Эссас; born 1946) is a notable former leader of Soviet Jewry and one of the founders of Baal Teshuva movement in the Soviet Union.
Enn Tarto
Enn Tarto (born on 25 September 1938 in Tartu) is an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Enn Tarto (born on 25 September 1938 in Tartu) is an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Ernst Sabila
Ernst Sabila is a Belarusian Protestant religious leader, dissident and Gulag survivor.
Ernst Sabila is a Belarusian Protestant religious leader, dissident and Gulag survivor.
Georgi Vins
Georgi Petrovich Vins was a Russian Baptist pastor persecuted by the Soviet authorities for his involvement in a network of independent Baptist churches.
Georgi Petrovich Vins was a Russian Baptist pastor persecuted by the Soviet authorities for his involvement in a network of independent Baptist churches.
Georgi Vladimov
Georgi Nikolaevich Vladimov, real family name Volosevich was a Russian dissident writer.
Georgi Nikolaevich Vladimov, real family name Volosevich was a Russian dissident writer.
Gleb Yakunin
Gleb Pavlovich Yakunin (Глеб Павлович Якунин; born March 4, 1934) is Russian priest and dissident who fought for the freedom of conscience in the Soviet Union.
Gleb Pavlovich Yakunin (Глеб Павлович Якунин; born March 4, 1934) is Russian priest and dissident who fought for the freedom of conscience in the Soviet Union.
Gratitude Fund
The Gratitude Fund describes itself as "a non-profit organization which was created to provide assistance to the forgotten heroes and veterans of the active struggle for freedom and human rights...
The Gratitude Fund describes itself as "a non-profit organization which was created to provide assistance to the forgotten heroes and veterans of the active struggle for freedom and human rights...
Grigory Isayev
Grigory Zinovyevich Isayev (Григорий Зиновьевич Исаев; born 1943) is a Russian politician and labor activist.
Grigory Zinovyevich Isayev (Григорий Зиновьевич Исаев; born 1943) is a Russian politician and labor activist.
Grigory Pomerants
Grigory Solomonovich Pomerants (also: Grigorii or Grigori, Григо́рий Соломо́нович Помера́нц; born March 13, 1918, Vilnius, Poland – now Lithuania) is a Russian philosopher and cultural theorist.
Grigory Solomonovich Pomerants (also: Grigorii or Grigori, Григо́рий Соломо́нович Помера́нц; born March 13, 1918, Vilnius, Poland – now Lithuania) is a Russian philosopher and cultural theorist.
Guram Mamulia
Guram Mamulia was a Georgian historian, politician and campaigner for Meskhetian rights.
Guram Mamulia was a Georgian historian, politician and campaigner for Meskhetian rights.
Igor Shafarevich
Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (И́горь Ростисла́вович Шафаре́вич, born June 3, 1923) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician, founder of a school of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry...
Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (И́горь Ростисла́вович Шафаре́вич, born June 3, 1923) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician, founder of a school of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry...
Ihor Kalynets
Ihor Mironovych Kalynets is a Ukrainian poet and Soviet dissident.
Ihor Mironovych Kalynets is a Ukrainian poet and Soviet dissident.
Ilya Gabay
Ilya Yankelevich Gabay was a key figure in the civil rights movement in the Soviet Union.
Ilya Yankelevich Gabay was a key figure in the civil rights movement in the Soviet Union.
Ion Moraru
Ion Moraru is a Moldovan activist and author.
Ion Moraru is a Moldovan activist and author.
Irina Ratushinskaya
Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya (Ири́на Ратуши́нская) (born March 4, 1954) is a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.
Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya (Ири́на Ратуши́нская) (born March 4, 1954) is a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.
Ivan Drach
Ivan Drach is a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician dissident, and political activist.
Ivan Drach is a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician dissident, and political activist.
Ivan Kandyba
Ivan Kandyba (Ukrainian: Іван Кандиба) (June 7, 1930 - Nov.
Ivan Kandyba (Ukrainian: Іван Кандиба) (June 7, 1930 - Nov.
Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Ио́сиф Алекса́ндрович Бро́дский, ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), was a Russian poet and essayist.
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Ио́сиф Алекса́ндрович Бро́дский, ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), was a Russian poet and essayist.
Jüri Kukk
Jüri Kukk (May 1, 1940, Pärnu, Estonia — March 27, 1981, Vologda, Russia) was an Estonian professor of chemistry, a Soviet dissident, who died in a Soviet labor camp after several months o...
Jüri Kukk (May 1, 1940, Pärnu, Estonia — March 27, 1981, Vologda, Russia) was an Estonian professor of chemistry, a Soviet dissident, who died in a Soviet labor camp after several months o...
KGB victim memorials
Memorials to victims of the KGB have been set up in several countries that were formerly occupied by the Soviet Union, often in former KGB prisons, to document the repressions of the Soviet sec...
Memorials to victims of the KGB have been set up in several countries that were formerly occupied by the Soviet Union, often in former KGB prisons, to document the repressions of the Soviet sec...
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG) is one of the oldest and most active Ukrainian human rights organizations.
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG) is one of the oldest and most active Ukrainian human rights organizations.
Kronid Lyubarsky
Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky (Крони́д Арка́дьевич Люба́рский; April 4, 1934 — May 23, 1996) was a Russian journalist, dissident, human rights activist and political prisoner.
Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky (Крони́д Арка́дьевич Люба́рский; April 4, 1934 — May 23, 1996) was a Russian journalist, dissident, human rights activist and political prisoner.
Larisa Bogoraz
Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz (full name: Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz-Brukhman (Bogoraz was her father's last name, Brukhman her mother's), Russian language: Лариса Иосифовна Богораз-Брухман; Augu...
Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz (full name: Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz-Brukhman (Bogoraz was her father's last name, Brukhman her mother's), Russian language: Лариса Иосифовна Богораз-Брухман; Augu...
Leonid Borodin
Leonid Ivanovich Borodin (Леони́д Ива́нович Бороди́н) (April 14, 1938 – November 25, 2011) was a Russian novelist and journalist.
Leonid Ivanovich Borodin (Леони́д Ива́нович Бороди́н) (April 14, 1938 – November 25, 2011) was a Russian novelist and journalist.
Leonid Plyushch
Leonid Plyushch (Ukrainian: Плющ Леонід Іванович; 1939 —) is a mathematician and Soviet dissident.
Leonid Plyushch (Ukrainian: Плющ Леонід Іванович; 1939 —) is a mathematician and Soviet dissident.
Les Tanyuk
Leonid (Les) Stepanovych Tanyuk (Леонід (Лесь) Танюк, b. August 7, 1938, Zhukyn, Kiev Oblast) is a Ukrainian theatre and film director and formerly a dissident and the head of the Club of Creat...
Leonid (Les) Stepanovych Tanyuk (Леонід (Лесь) Танюк, b. August 7, 1938, Zhukyn, Kiev Oblast) is a Ukrainian theatre and film director and formerly a dissident and the head of the Club of Creat...
Lev Chernyi
Pável Dimítrievich Turchanínov ( Павел Дмитриевич Турчанинов) (died September 21, 1921), known by the pseudonym Lev Chernyi (Лев Чёрный), was a Russian anarchist theorist, activist and poe...
Pável Dimítrievich Turchanínov ( Павел Дмитриевич Турчанинов) (died September 21, 1921), known by the pseudonym Lev Chernyi (Лев Чёрный), was a Russian anarchist theorist, activist and poe...
Lev Kopelev
Lev Zalmanovich Kopelev was a Soviet author and a dissident.
Lev Zalmanovich Kopelev was a Soviet author and a dissident.
Lev Navrozov
Lev Navrozov (born 1928 in Moscow) is a Russian author, historian and polemicist and father of poet Andrei Navrozov.
Lev Navrozov (born 1928 in Moscow) is a Russian author, historian and polemicist and father of poet Andrei Navrozov.
Levko Lukyanenko
Levko Lukyanenko; is a Ukrainian politician, and Soviet dissident and Hero of Ukraine.
Levko Lukyanenko; is a Ukrainian politician, and Soviet dissident and Hero of Ukraine.
Lithuanian Liberty League
The Lithuanian Liberty League or LLL (Lietuvos laisvės lyga) was a dissident organization in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and a political party in independent Republic of Lithuania.
The Lithuanian Liberty League or LLL (Lietuvos laisvės lyga) was a dissident organization in the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and a political party in independent Republic of Lithuania.
Lydia Chukovskaya
Lydia Korneievna Chukovskaya was a Soviet writer and poet.
Lydia Korneievna Chukovskaya was a Soviet writer and poet.
Maria Rozanova
Maria Vasilievna Rozanova (Мари́я Васи́льевна Розано́ва) (born 1930) is a publisher, editor, and Soviet-era dissident.
Maria Vasilievna Rozanova (Мари́я Васи́льевна Розано́ва) (born 1930) is a publisher, editor, and Soviet-era dissident.
Merab Kostava
Merab Kostava (მერაბ კოსტავა) (May 26, 1939–October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia.
Merab Kostava (მერაბ კოსტავა) (May 26, 1939–October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia.
Michael Voslenski
Mikhail Sergeyevich Voslensky was a former Soviet writer, scientist and diplomat, and author of the book Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class, about the Soviet nomenklatura, translated into...
Mikhail Sergeyevich Voslensky was a former Soviet writer, scientist and diplomat, and author of the book Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class, about the Soviet nomenklatura, translated into...
Michail J. Makarenko
Michail Janovitc Makarenko (1931 – 15 March 2007), né Moishe Herchkovich, was a human rights activist, born in Romania to Orthodox Jewish parents.
Michail Janovitc Makarenko (1931 – 15 March 2007), né Moishe Herchkovich, was a human rights activist, born in Romania to Orthodox Jewish parents.
Mihai Dolgan
Mihai Dolgan (March 15, 1942, Vladimirești - March 16, 2007, Chişinău) was a singer and composer from Moldova.
Mihai Dolgan (March 15, 1942, Vladimirești - March 16, 2007, Chişinău) was a singer and composer from Moldova.
Mikhail Agursky
Mikhail Agursky was jewish sovietologist, cybernetic and historian of National Bolshevism.
Mikhail Agursky was jewish sovietologist, cybernetic and historian of National Bolshevism.
Mirsäyet Soltanğäliev
Mirsäyet Xäydärğäli ulı Soltanğäliev (1892–1940), usually known in English as Mirza Sultan-Galiev, was a Tatar Bolshevik who rose to prominence in the Russian Communist Party in the early ...
Mirsäyet Xäydärğäli ulı Soltanğäliev (1892–1940), usually known in English as Mirza Sultan-Galiev, was a Tatar Bolshevik who rose to prominence in the Russian Communist Party in the early ...
Moscow Helsinki Group
The Moscow Helsinki Group (also known as the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, Московская Хельсинкская группа) is an influential human rights monitoring non-governmental organization, originall...
The Moscow Helsinki Group (also known as the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, Московская Хельсинкская группа) is an influential human rights monitoring non-governmental organization, originall...
Moysey Fishbein
Moysey (Moses) Fishbeyn (Мойсей Абрамович Фішбейн) is an influential Ukrainian poet and translator of Jewish origin.
Moysey (Moses) Fishbeyn (Мойсей Абрамович Фішбейн) is an influential Ukrainian poet and translator of Jewish origin.
Mustafa Abdülcemil Qırımoğlu
Mustafa Abdülcemil Qırımoğlu (Cemilev) (born November 13, 1943 Ay-Serez, Crimea), also known as Mustafa Jemilev (Dzhemilev, Cemilev), is Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People ...
Mustafa Abdülcemil Qırımoğlu (Cemilev) (born November 13, 1943 Ay-Serez, Crimea), also known as Mustafa Jemilev (Dzhemilev, Cemilev), is Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People ...
Mykola Bakay
Mykola Petrovych Bakay was the Ukrainian singer, composer, poet, and the Soviet dissident.
Mykola Petrovych Bakay was the Ukrainian singer, composer, poet, and the Soviet dissident.
Mykola Horbal
Mykola Andriyovych Horbal is a well-known Ukrainian dissident, human right activists, member of parliament of Ukraine, poet, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Mykola Horbal was born on ...
Mykola Andriyovych Horbal is a well-known Ukrainian dissident, human right activists, member of parliament of Ukraine, poet, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Mykola Horbal was born on ...
Mykola Rudenko
Mykola Danylovych Rudenko (Микола Данилович Руденко; 12 December 1920, Yurivka, Luhansk oblast – 1 April 2004, Kiev) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, philosopher, Soviet dissident and human rights ...
Mykola Danylovych Rudenko (Микола Данилович Руденко; 12 December 1920, Yurivka, Luhansk oblast – 1 April 2004, Kiev) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, philosopher, Soviet dissident and human rights ...
Nadezhda Mandelstam
Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam (Наде́жда Я́ковлевна Мандельшта́м, née Khazina; 29 December 1980) was a Russian writer and educator, and the wife of the poet Osip Mandelstam, who died in 1938 in ...
Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam (Наде́жда Я́ковлевна Мандельшта́м, née Khazina; 29 December 1980) was a Russian writer and educator, and the wife of the poet Osip Mandelstam, who died in 1938 in ...
Nadiya Svitlychna
Nadiya Oleksiyivna Svitlychna was a Ukrainian dissident and human rights activist, and an active member of the Ukrainian Helsinki group.
Nadiya Oleksiyivna Svitlychna was a Ukrainian dissident and human rights activist, and an active member of the Ukrainian Helsinki group.
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya is a Russian poet, translator of Polish literature and civil rights activist.
Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya is a Russian poet, translator of Polish literature and civil rights activist.
Naum Meiman
Naum S. Meiman (Нау́м Ната́нович Ме́йман) (1911, Baranovichi, Minsk region — 2001, Tel-Aviv) was a Soviet mathematician, and dissident.
Naum S. Meiman (Нау́м Ната́нович Ме́йман) (1911, Baranovichi, Minsk region — 2001, Tel-Aviv) was a Soviet mathematician, and dissident.
Neo-Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Neo-Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Неокоммунистическая партия Советского Союза (НКПСС)) was a left-wing dissident political party founded in the Soviet Union in 1974.
The Neo-Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Неокоммунистическая партия Советского Союза (НКПСС)) was a left-wing dissident political party founded in the Soviet Union in 1974.
Oleksa Hirnyk
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник) (March 27, 1912 - January 21, 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of pr...
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник) (March 27, 1912 - January 21, 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of pr...
Osip Mandelstam
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian poet and essayist who lived in Russia during and after its revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union.
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian poet and essayist who lived in Russia during and after its revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union.
Paruyr Hayrikyan
Paruyr Hayrikyan (also known as Paruir Airikian; born July 5, 1949) is an Armenian politician and former Soviet dissident.
Paruyr Hayrikyan (also known as Paruir Airikian; born July 5, 1949) is an Armenian politician and former Soviet dissident.
Pavel Litvinov
Pavel Litvinov (Павел Михайлович Литвинов, born 1940) is a Russian physicist, writer, human rights activist and former Soviet-era dissident.
Pavel Litvinov (Павел Михайлович Литвинов, born 1940) is a Russian physicist, writer, human rights activist and former Soviet-era dissident.
Pyotr Grigorenko
Petro Grigorenko or Petro Hryhorovych Hryhorenko or Pyotr Grigoryevich Grigorenko (Петро Григорович Григоренко, Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко; 1907–1987) was a high-ranked Soviet Army ...
Petro Grigorenko or Petro Hryhorovych Hryhorenko or Pyotr Grigoryevich Grigorenko (Петро Григорович Григоренко, Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко; 1907–1987) was a high-ranked Soviet Army ...
Romas Kalanta
Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 in Alytus – May 15, 1972 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania.
Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 in Alytus – May 15, 1972 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania.
Roy Medvedev
Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev (Рой Александрович Медведев; born 14 November 1925, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Russian historian renowned as the author of the dissident history of Stalinism, Let Histo...
Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev (Рой Александрович Медведев; born 14 November 1925, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Russian historian renowned as the author of the dissident history of Stalinism, Let Histo...
Semyon Gluzman
Semyon Fishelevich Gluzman is a Ukrainian psychiatrist, human rights activist, the president and founder of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, founder of the American-Ukrainian Bureau ...
Semyon Fishelevich Gluzman is a Ukrainian psychiatrist, human rights activist, the president and founder of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, founder of the American-Ukrainian Bureau ...
Sergei Kovalev
Sergei Kovalev is a Russian human rights activist and politician and a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner.
Sergei Kovalev is a Russian human rights activist and politician and a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner.
Sergei Soldatov
Sergei Soldatov was one of the founders of anti-Soviet dissident movement in Estonia.
Sergei Soldatov was one of the founders of anti-Soviet dissident movement in Estonia.
Shmuel Schneurson
Shmuel Schneurson was a leader of the underground Zionist movement Hechalutz in Soviet Union from 1922 to 1928.
Shmuel Schneurson was a leader of the underground Zionist movement Hechalutz in Soviet Union from 1922 to 1928.
Sofiya Kalistratova
Sofiya Vasilyevna Kalistratova (Софья Васильевна Калистратова), also known as Sofia Kallistratova (Софья Каллистратова; 6 (19) September 1907 – 5 December 1989) was a public defense lawyer...
Sofiya Vasilyevna Kalistratova (Софья Васильевна Калистратова), also known as Sofia Kallistratova (Софья Каллистратова; 6 (19) September 1907 – 5 December 1989) was a public defense lawyer...
Soviet dissidents
Soviet dissidents were citizens of the Soviet Union who disagreed with the policies and actions of their government and actively protested against these actions through either violent or non-vio...
Soviet dissidents were citizens of the Soviet Union who disagreed with the policies and actions of their government and actively protested against these actions through either violent or non-vio...
Sultan Galiev
Mirsäyet Xäydärğäli ulı Soltanğäliev (1892–1940), usually known in English as Mirza Sultan-Galiev, was a Tatar Bolshevik who rose to prominence in the Russian Communist Party in the early ...
Mirsäyet Xäydärğäli ulı Soltanğäliev (1892–1940), usually known in English as Mirza Sultan-Galiev, was a Tatar Bolshevik who rose to prominence in the Russian Communist Party in the early ...
Ukrainian Helsinki Group
The Ukrainian Helsinki Group was founded in November 1976 to monitor human rights in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Helsinki Group was founded in November 1976 to monitor human rights in Ukraine.
Vadim Delaunay
Vadim Nikolaevich Delaunay was a Russian poet and dissident, who participated in the 1968 Red Square demonstration of protest against military suppression of the Prague Spring.
Vadim Nikolaevich Delaunay was a Russian poet and dissident, who participated in the 1968 Red Square demonstration of protest against military suppression of the Prague Spring.
Valeria Novodvorskaya
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; born May 17, 1950, Baranavichy, Belorussian SSR, USSR) is a liberal Russian politician, Soviet dissident, the founder and t...
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; born May 17, 1950, Baranavichy, Belorussian SSR, USSR) is a liberal Russian politician, Soviet dissident, the founder and t...
Valeriy Marchenko
Valeriy Marchenko was a poet, journalist, translator, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
Valeriy Marchenko was a poet, journalist, translator, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
Valeriya Novodvorskaya
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; born May 17, 1950, Baranavichy, Belorussian SSR, USSR) is a liberal Russian politician, Soviet dissident, the founder and t...
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; born May 17, 1950, Baranavichy, Belorussian SSR, USSR) is a liberal Russian politician, Soviet dissident, the founder and t...
Valery Chalidze
Valery Chalidze (ვალერი ჭალიძე; Валерий Николаевич Чалидзе, Valeriy Nikolayevich Chalidze) (born 1938) is a Georgian-American author, publisher, and the former Soviet dissident and human rig...
Valery Chalidze (ვალერი ჭალიძე; Валерий Николаевич Чалидзе, Valeriy Nikolayevich Chalidze) (born 1938) is a Georgian-American author, publisher, and the former Soviet dissident and human rig...
Varlam Shalamov
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov, baptized as Varlaam, was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor.
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov, baptized as Varlaam, was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor.
Vasile Bătrânac
Vasile Bătrânac (born 1925, Plopi) was the head of the anti-Soviet group Arcaşii lui Ştefan and a political prisoner in the Soviet Union.
Vasile Bătrânac (born 1925, Plopi) was the head of the anti-Soviet group Arcaşii lui Ştefan and a political prisoner in the Soviet Union.
Vasile Odobescu
Vasile Odobescu (born Cuizăuca) was a founder and leader of the anti-Soviet organization Democratic Agrarian Party.
Vasile Odobescu (born Cuizăuca) was a founder and leader of the anti-Soviet organization Democratic Agrarian Party.
Vasyl Stus
Vasyl Semenovych Stus (Васи́ль Семе́нович Стус; January 8, 1938 – September 4, 1985) was a Ukrainian poet and publicist, one of the most active members of Ukrainian dissident movement.
Vasyl Semenovych Stus (Васи́ль Семе́нович Стус; January 8, 1938 – September 4, 1985) was a Ukrainian poet and publicist, one of the most active members of Ukrainian dissident movement.
Vasyl Symonenko
Vasyl Symonenko (Василь Андрійович Симоненко; January 8, 1935–1963) a well-known Ukrainian poet, journalist, activist of dissident movement.
Vasyl Symonenko (Василь Андрійович Симоненко; January 8, 1935–1963) a well-known Ukrainian poet, journalist, activist of dissident movement.
Victor Sokolov
The Very Reverend Archpriest Victor Sokolov (Виктор Владимирович Соколов) (February 21, 1947 – March 12, 2006) was a Russian-American former dissident Soviet journalist and an Eastern Orth...
The Very Reverend Archpriest Victor Sokolov (Виктор Владимирович Соколов) (February 21, 1947 – March 12, 2006) was a Russian-American former dissident Soviet journalist and an Eastern Orth...
Viktor Fainberg
Viktor Isaakovich Fainberg is a philologist, prominent figure of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union, participant of the 1968 Red Square demonstration, and fighter against punitive psychiatry.
Viktor Isaakovich Fainberg is a philologist, prominent figure of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union, participant of the 1968 Red Square demonstration, and fighter against punitive psychiatry.
Viktor Muravin
Viktor Muravin (born 1929) is a Soviet dissident and author, best known for his novel Aurora Borealis, also published under the title The Diary of Vikenty Angarov.
Viktor Muravin (born 1929) is a Soviet dissident and author, best known for his novel Aurora Borealis, also published under the title The Diary of Vikenty Angarov.
Viktor Nekipelov
Viktor Aleksandrovich Nekipelov (Виктор Александрович Некипелов; September 29, 1928 Harbin, China - July 1, 1989 Paris) was a Russian poet, writer, Soviet dissident, member of the Moscow Helsink...
Viktor Aleksandrovich Nekipelov (Виктор Александрович Некипелов; September 29, 1928 Harbin, China - July 1, 1989 Paris) was a Russian poet, writer, Soviet dissident, member of the Moscow Helsink...
Vitaliy Kalynychenko
Vitaliy Kalynychenko (Віталій Кальниченко, born January 31, 1938) was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
Vitaliy Kalynychenko (Віталій Кальниченко, born January 31, 1938) was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
Vladimir Bougrine
Vladimir Bougrine (Владимир Бугрин) also known as Wladimir Bugrin (10 June 1938, Leningrad - 10 August 2001, St. Petersburg) was a Russian painter.
Vladimir Bougrine (Владимир Бугрин) also known as Wladimir Bugrin (10 June 1938, Leningrad - 10 August 2001, St. Petersburg) was a Russian painter.
Vladimir Bukovsky
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky is a leading member of the dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s, writer, neurophysiologist, and political activist.
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky is a leading member of the dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s, writer, neurophysiologist, and political activist.
Vladimir Shelkov
Vladimir Shelkov (1895–1980) was a Christian preacher and Seventh-day Adventist leader in the former Soviet Union.
Vladimir Shelkov (1895–1980) was a Christian preacher and Seventh-day Adventist leader in the former Soviet Union.
Vladimir Strelnikov
Vladimir Strelnikov (born 1939) is a Ukrainian artist and former Soviet dissident.
Vladimir Strelnikov (born 1939) is a Ukrainian artist and former Soviet dissident.
Vladimir Voinovich
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (alternatively spelled Voynovich; Владимир Войнович; born 26 September 1932) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) writer and a dissident.
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (alternatively spelled Voynovich; Владимир Войнович; born 26 September 1932) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) writer and a dissident.
Yaroslav Lesiv
Yaroslav Lesiv (Ярослав Лесів) (January 3, 1945 - October 10, 1991) was a Ukrainian poet, priest, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Yaroslav Lesiv was born in the village of Luzhkiv, (U...
Yaroslav Lesiv (Ярослав Лесів) (January 3, 1945 - October 10, 1991) was a Ukrainian poet, priest, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group Yaroslav Lesiv was born in the village of Luzhkiv, (U...
Yekaterina Peshkova
Yekaterina Pavlovna Peshkova née Volzhina (Екатерина Павловна Пешкова, née Волжина; 26 July 1887 – 26 March 1965) was a Soviet human rights activist and humanitarian, first wife of Maxim Gorky.
Yekaterina Pavlovna Peshkova née Volzhina (Екатерина Павловна Пешкова, née Волжина; 26 July 1887 – 26 March 1965) was a Soviet human rights activist and humanitarian, first wife of Maxim Gorky.
Yelena Bonner
Yelena Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the noted physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
Yelena Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the noted physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
Yevgenia Ginzburg
Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg was a Russian author who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag.
Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg was a Russian author who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag.
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, ) (February 20, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author of science fiction and political satire.
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, ) (February 20, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author of science fiction and political satire.
Yosyf Zisels
Yosyf Zisels (born 12 December 1941 in Tashkent) was a human rights activist and Ukrainian dissident.
Yosyf Zisels (born 12 December 1941 in Tashkent) was a human rights activist and Ukrainian dissident.
Yuli Daniel
Yuli Markovich Daniel (Ю́лий Ма́ркович Даниэ́ль ; November 15, 1925 — December 30, 1988) was a Soviet dissident writer, poet, translator, and political prisoner.
Yuli Markovich Daniel (Ю́лий Ма́ркович Даниэ́ль ; November 15, 1925 — December 30, 1988) was a Soviet dissident writer, poet, translator, and political prisoner.
Yuliy Kim
Yuliy Chersanovich Kim (Юлий Черсанович Ким; born December 23, 1936) is one of Russia's foremost bards and playwrights.
Yuliy Chersanovich Kim (Юлий Черсанович Ким; born December 23, 1936) is one of Russia's foremost bards and playwrights.
Yuri Bezmenov
Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov was a journalist for RIA Novosti and a former KGB informant from the Soviet Union who defected to Canada.
Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov was a journalist for RIA Novosti and a former KGB informant from the Soviet Union who defected to Canada.
Yuri Galanskov
Yuri Timofeyevich Galanskov Юрий Тимофеевич Галансков was a Russian poet, historian, human rights activist and dissident.
Yuri Timofeyevich Galanskov Юрий Тимофеевич Галансков was a Russian poet, historian, human rights activist and dissident.
Yuri Orlov
Yuri Feodorovich Orlov is Professor of Physics and Government at Cornell University, a prominent nuclear physicist, a former Soviet dissident, and a human rights activist.
Yuri Feodorovich Orlov is Professor of Physics and Government at Cornell University, a prominent nuclear physicist, a former Soviet dissident, and a human rights activist.
Zhores Medvedev
Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev (Жоре́с Алекса́ндрович Медве́дев; born 14 November 1925 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Russian biologist, historian and dissident.
Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev (Жоре́с Алекса́ндрович Медве́дев; born 14 November 1925 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Russian biologist, historian and dissident.
Zoya Krakhmalnikova
Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (January 14, 1929 - April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin.
Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (January 14, 1929 - April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin.
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Zviad Gamsakhurdia (ზვიად გამსახურდია, (March 31, 1939 — December 31, 1993) was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of ...
Zviad Gamsakhurdia (ზვიად გამსახურდია, (March 31, 1939 — December 31, 1993) was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of ...