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Vladimir Bukovsky
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Soviet dissident; prominent in the Soviet dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s and spent a total of twelve years in psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps and prisons within the Soviet Union
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Vladimir Bukovsky was a Soviet, Russian, and British writer, human rights defender, politician, and dissident. Born in Belebey in 1942, he was educated at King's College and Stanford University, where he earned a master's degree. His professional activities included work as a university teacher in neurophysiology and activism. He was a member of the Solidarnost political party and was recognized as a prisoner of conscience.
Bukovsky was detained at Lefortovo Prison, Vladimir Central Prison, and the Lubyanka Building. He authored several works, including *Who Is for Peace?*, *Judgment in Moscow*, *L'Union européenne, une nouvelle URSS ?*, *Soul of Man Under Socialism*, and *To Build a Castle-My Life As a Dissenter*. He died of cardiac arrest due to natural causes at Addenbrooke's Hospital in 2019. He is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Who Is for Peace?
- Judgment in Moscow
- L'Union européenne, une nouvelle URSS ?
- Soul of Man Under Socialism
- To Build a Castle-My Life As a Dissenter
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Film & TV
Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Bashkortostan, Russia]
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Russian-born British human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, he was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissident movement, well known at home and abroad. He spent a total of twelve years in the psychiatric prison-hospitals, labour camps, and…
Known for
- Nemtsov — Self2016
- Bukovsky — Self1977
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-12-30 ) 30 December 1942, Belebey , Bashkir ASSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) (aged 76), Cambridge , England
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union (until 1992) Russia (1992–2014) United Kingdom (from 1976)
- Alma mater
- University of Cambridge , Stanford University
- Occupations
- Human right activist, writer, neurophysiologist
- Known for
- Human rights activism with participation in the Mayakovsky Square poetry readings , the Campaign Against Psychiatric Abuse and struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union , Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation , The Freedom Association
- Movement
- Dissident movement in the Soviet Union , Solidarnost (Russia)
- Awards
- The Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties, Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom
- Website
- vladimirbukovsky .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vladimir
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Belebey
- Place of death
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- Educated at
- Stanford University
- Political party
- Solidarnost
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Russian
- Academic degree
- master's degree
- Field of work
- human rights
- Official website
- www.vladimirbukovsky.com
- Image
- Boekovski1987.jpg
- Significant event
- prisoner of conscience
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- Commons category
- Vladimir Bukovsky
- date of birth
- 1942-12-30
- place of detention
- Lubyanka Building
- name in native language
- Владимир Буковский
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- date of death
- 2019-10-27
- cause of death
- cardiac arrest
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Highgate Cemetery
- birth name
- Владимир Константинович Буковский
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Encyclopedic overview
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: Владимир Константинович Буковский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, he was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissident movement, well known at home and abroad. He spent a total of twelve years in the psychiatric prison-hospitals, labour camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union during Brezhnev's rule.
After being expelled from the Soviet Union in late 1976, Bukovsky remained in vocal opposition to the Soviet system and the shortcomings of its successor regimes in Russia. An activist, a writer, and a neurophysiologist, he is celebrated for his part in the campaign to expose and halt the political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union.
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