Yelena Bonner
Sign in to savehuman rights activist in the former Soviet Union; wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov
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- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
- A Film Detection Method for Tritium‐Labelled Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Polyacrylamide Gels
· 1974 · cited 6,351x
- DNA Double-stranded Breaks Induce Histone H2AX Phosphorylation on Serine 139
· 1998 · cited 4,580x
- Radiotherapy plus Cetuximab for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
· 2006 · cited 4,362x
- Structure of a cannabinoid receptor and functional expression of the cloned cDNA
· 1990 · cited 4,041x
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Quotes
- “It cost Andrei Dmitrievich 10 months of complete isolation and two hunger strikes over two months, which had a terrible effect on his health. The effects are still felt to this day.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Lusik Georgiyevna Alikhanova , ( 1923-02-15 ) 15 February 1923, Merv , Turkestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 18 June 2011 (2011-06-18) (aged 88), Boston , Massachusetts, United States
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union (1923–1991) Russian Federation (1991–2011)
- Alma mater
- Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia , First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg
- Occupations
- nurse during World War II, physician, human rights activist
- Known for
- Human rights activism, participation in the Moscow Helsinki Group
- Movement
- Dissident movement in the Soviet Union
- Spouses
- Ivan Semyonov (until 1965) Andrei Sakharov (1972–1989; his death)
- Children
- Tatyana Yankelevich (born 1950) Alexey Semyonov (born 1956)
- Awards
- Rafto Prize Robert Schuman Medal Giuseppe Motta Medal Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom
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Yelena Georgiyevna Bonner (Russian: Елена Георгиевна Боннэр; 15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011) was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the physicist, activist and 1975 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov. During her decades as a dissident, Bonner was noted for her characteristic blunt honesty and courage.
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1923 births2011 deaths20th-century Russian women writers20th-century Russian writersBurials at Vostryakovskoye CemeteryCommanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandJewish human rights activistsJewish women activistsJewish women non-fiction writersMoscow Helsinki GroupPeople from Mary, TurkmenistanRecipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class