Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva (Russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Алексе́ева, IPA: [lʲʊˈdmʲilə ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvə], 20 July 1927 — 8 December 2018) was a Russian historian and leading human rights activist. She was a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group.^[1] Alexeyeva was one of the last Soviet dissidents active in modern Russia.^[2] She participated in the Strategy-31 protests. She was born in Yevpatoria, Crimea, Soviet Union.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Alexeyeva died on 8 December 2018 in Moscow at the age of 91.^[3]

References

1. New politics. New Politics Associates. 1989. p. 133.
2. Maria Danilova (June 15, 2004), Lyudmila Alexeyeva Speaks Her Mind Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. The St. Petersburg Times. Issue #977 (45).
3. "В Москве умерла правозащитница Людмила Алексеева". BBC Russian Cervice. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

Other websites

• Lyudmila Alexeyeva's blog on LiveJournal
• The Alexeyeva File, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book, 20 July 2012
• Schepp, Matthias (4 June 2010). "Rights in Russia: Putin pushes new law to curtail opposition". Der Spiegel.
• Alexeyeva in the 2011 four-part British documentary television series Putin, Russia and the West on IMDb