Evdokimov, Rostislav, 1950-

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)