Evdokimov, Rostislav, 1950-

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1950-11-29
Russian,

Biographical notes:

Soviet political prisoner and dissident; Narodno-Trudovoĭ Soi︠u︡z leader.

From the description of Rostislav Evdokimov papers, 1987-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872450

Biographical Note

29 November 1950 Born, Leningrad, Soviet Union (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 1968 Admitted to the Leningrad State University, first to the Faculty of Physics, then the Faculty of History 1971 Joined the Narodno-trudovoĭ soiuz (People's Labor Union) 1972 Expelled from the university 1972 1982 Worked on geological and geophysical expeditions in Soviet Union 1979 Joined the SMOT-Svobodnoe mezhprofessional'noe ob'edinenie trudiashchikhsia (Free Inter- professional Trade Union) 1980 1981 Co-editor of the underground newsletter SMOT 1982 Member of the French and Swedish PEN (Poets, Essayists, and Novelists) Club 1982 1983 Arrested for campaigning for free trade unions in the Soviet Union, sentenced to 5 years in Perm labor camp 1986 Author, Stikhi 1987 Granted amnesty, returned to Leningrad 1987 Founder and leader of the Leningrad group of the International Society for Human Rights 1988 Reinstated in the faculty of history at Leningrad State University (graduated in 1992) 1988 1991 Editor in Chief, Petropolis 1991 1994 Council member of the NTS, member of the editorial board of Posev 1994 Member of the Russian PEN Club 1995 Author, Liudskie poteri SSSR v period vtoroi mirovoi voiny 2000 Author, Posle molchaniia

From the guide to the Rostislav Evdokimov papers, 1920-2000, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Anti-communist movements
  • Anti-communist movements
  • Dissenters
  • Dissenters
  • Labor movement
  • Labor movement Soviet Union
  • Political prisoners
  • Political prisoners

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  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)
  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)

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