Eduard Kuznetsov (Russian language: Эдуард Кузнецов; born in Moscow, 1939) is a Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and writer. Russian (русский язык   listen?) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively opposes an established opinion, policy, or structure. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

In 1961 Kuznetsov was arrested and served seven years in Soviet prisons for making political speeches in poetry readings at Mayakovsky Square in the center of Moscow and for publishing samizdat. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samizdat (self-published, in Russian самиздат) was a grassroots strategy to evade officially imposed censorship in the Soviet-bloc countries wherein people clandestinely copied and distributed government-suppressed literature or other media. ...

Campaign in support of Eduard Kuznetsov and other political prisoners

After his release he was one of the organizers of the Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair in May 1970 and was arrested for "high treason", punishable by death sentence. His capital punishment sentence was appealed and after international protests was replaced with fifteen years of incarceration. This affair has opened the doors of emigration to thousands of Soviet Jews. // 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. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... Death Penalty World Map Color Key: Blue: Abolished for all crimes Green: Abolished, except for crimes committed under certain circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war) Orange: Abolished in practice Red: Legal form of punishment Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered...

In 1979 he and four other dissidents were exchanged for two Soviet spies arrested in the US. Kuznetsov immigrated to Israel. From 1983 to 1990 he was chief of the news department of the "Radio Liberty", from 1990 to 1999 he was a chief editor of Israeli newspaper "Вести" ("The News"), the most popular Russian language newspaper outside of Russia. 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a radio and communications organization which is funded by the United States Congress. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Russian (русский язык   listen?) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ...

Eduard Kuznetsov is a member of the Pen Club and was widely published in European, US and Israeli media. He is an author of three novels: "Prison Diary", "Mordovian Marathon" (both written secretly in prison and smuggled abroad) and "Russian Romance", translated into many languages. In 1974, Kuznetsov's "Prison Diary" won the "Gulliver award" in France and was declared the best book written by foreign author.

External links

• Eduard Kuznetsov biography at The Gratitude Fund organized to commemorate Soviet dissidents
• Alexander Ginzburg and the Resistance to Totalitarian Evil, Then and Now, a 2002 interview with Eduard Kuznetsov, Vladimir Bukovsky and Yuri Yarim-Agaev
• Gulag Day, a 2002 interview with Vladimir Bukovsky, Eduard Kuznetsov, Yuri Yarim-Agaev, Paul Hollander and Richard Pipes

Vladimir Bukovsky early photo Vladimir Bukovsky (Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский) (b. ... Richard Edgar Pipes (b. ...

Russian language

• Interview with the "Memorial" society
• Interview at Sem40
• Biography and books at Belousenko library