Alexander Ginzburg

Alexander (Alik) Ilyich Ginzburg (Russian: Александр Ильич Гинзбург; November 21, 1936 Moscow – July 19, 2002 Paris), was a Russian journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident. Image File history File links Ginzburg. ... Image File history File links Ginzburg. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (?)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MRS BITTEN IS A LESBIAN The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ... A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively opposes an established opinion, policy, or structure. ...

During the Soviet period, Ginzburg edited the samizdat poetry almanac Syntaxis. Between 1961 and 1969 he was sentenced three times to labor camps. In 1979, Ginzburg was released and expelled to the United States, along with four other political prisoners (Eduard Kuznetsov, Mark Dymshits, Valentin Moroz, and Georgy Vins) and their families, as part of a prisoner exchange. State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... Samizdat, book published by Pathfinder Press containing a collection of forbidden Trotskyist Samizdat texts. ... An almanac (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in penal labor. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Eduard Kuznetsov (Russian language: Эдуард Кузнецов; born in Moscow, 1939) is a Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and writer. ... Georgy Petrovich Vins Георгий Петрович Винс (4 August 1928 Blagoveshchensk, Soviet Union - 11 January 1998 Elkhart, Indiana) was a Russian Baptist pastor persecuted by the Soviet authorities for his involvement in a network of independent Baptist churches. ...

See also

• Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair

// Dymshits-Kuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair (Russian language: Ленинградское самолётное дело or Дело группы Дымшица-Кузнецова) was an attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft on May 15, 1970 by a group of Soviet refuseniks in order to escape to the West. ...

External links

• Alexander Ginzburg and the Resistance to Totalitarian Evil, Then and Now, a 2002 interview with Eduard Kuznetsov, Vladimir Bukovsky and Yuri Yarim-Agaev

Eduard Kuznetsov (Russian language: Эдуард Кузнецов; born in Moscow, 1939) is a Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and writer. ... Vladimir Bukovsky early photo Vladimir Bukovsky (Russian language: Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский; b. ...

Bibliography

• The White Book
• The Trial of the Four