Ginzburg, Aleksandr, 1936-2002

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Dates:
Birth 1936-11-21
Death 2002-07-19
Russians,
English, French, Russian,

Biographical notes:

Soviet writer and dissident; subsequently émigré in France.

From the description of Aleksandr Il'ich Ginzburg papers, 1921-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872836

Biographical Note

1936 November 21 Born in Moscow, Soveit Union 1956 1960 Studied at the Moscow State University, Department of Journalism 1959 Edited and distributed first three issues of the Sintaksis underground literary almanac 1960 July Arrested and sentenced to a two-year term in a correctional labor institution in Kirovskaia oblast' 1964 Arrested and imprisoned for several months for distribution of New Class book by Milovan Djilas 1966 Admitted to the Historical-Archival Institute, Moscow Compiled "Belaia kniga"(White book) about the court trial of writers AndreĬ SiniavskiĬ and IUliĬ Daniel' 1967 Arrested, charged with anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation, and sentenced to a five-year camp term, which he partly served in Pot'ma, Mordovia, and partly in the strict regime Vladimirskaia prison 1972 Released from camp, prohibited from residence in Moscow, lived in exile in Tarusa 1974 Administrator of the Solzhenitsyn Fund for Aid to Political Prisoners 1976 May 12 Co-founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) 1977 Arrested, along with other members of the MHG Aleksandr Ginzburg Defence Committee is established in the U.S. 1978 July 13 Tried in Kaluga and sentenced to an eight-year strict regime camp term, which he served in the Dubrovlag system in Mordovia 1979 Released and exchanged, along with three other political prisoners, for Soviet spies in the United States 1979 1980 Lectured at universities in the United States Family joined him in the United States 1980 Moved to France 1982 probably 1988 Head of the Russian Cultural Center in Montgeron 1988 1997 Columnist, Russkaia mysl' newspaper 2002 Died in Paris, France

From the guide to the Aleksandr Il'ich Ginzburg papers, 1921-2007, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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  • Dissenters
  • Russian

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  • France (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)

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