Sergei Kovalev
Russian human rights activist and politician (1930–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Sergei Kovalev (disambiguation).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Adamovich and the family name is Kovalev.
Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov (also spelled Sergey Kovalev; Russian: Сергей Адамович Ковалёв; 2 March 1930 – 9 August 2021) was a Russian human rights activist and politician. During the Soviet period he was a dissident and, after 1975, a political prisoner.
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Сергей Ковалёв | |
Born | (1930-03-02)2 March 1930 Seredyna-Buda, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 9 August 2021(2021-08-09) (aged 91) Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
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Alma mater | Moscow State University (1954) |
Occupation(s) | Biophysicist, politician |
Known for | Human rights activism with participation in the Action Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR, Moscow Helsinki Group, Memorial and the Moscow branch of Amnesty International |
Movement | Dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
Children | Ivan; Maria, Varvara |
Awards | Geuzenpenning, Légion d'honneur, Sakharov Prize, Victor Gollancz Prize, Olof Palme Prize, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Lithuanian Freedom Award |
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