WRITER

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

1989 - Today

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Nadezhda Andreyevna "Nadya" Tolokonnikova (Russian: Надежда Андреевна "Надя" Толоконникова, IPA: [nɐˈdʲeʐdə ɐnˈdrʲejɪvnə ˈnadʲə təlɐˈkonʲːɪkəvə]; born November 7, 1989) is a Russian musician, conceptual artist, and political activist. She is a founding member of the feminist group Pussy Riot, and has a history of political activism with the street art group Voina. On August 17, 2012, she was arrested for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow and was ultimately sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On December 23, 2013, she was released early alongside fellow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina under a newly passed amnesty bill dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is the 6,923rd most popular writer (down from 6,531st in 2024), the 2,807th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,609th in 2019) and the 294th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova ranks 6,923 out of 7,302. Before her are Cyprian Ekwensi, Jay McInerney, Maja Lunde, Dave Eggers, Michael Davitt, and Howard Gordon. After her are Josephine Johnson, Amor Towles, Hamid Mir, Ransom Riggs, Brigitte Vasallo, and Esteban Navarro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova ranks 299. Before her are Travis Kelce, J. J. Watt, Michelle Wie, David N'Gog, Dominic Adiyiah, and Gylfi Sigurðsson. After her are Nia DaCosta, Martin Kližan, Ryoma Hashiuchi, Rob Knox, Abdelaziz Barrada, and Diana Gómez.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova ranks 2,807 out of 3,761. Before her are Alexei Eremenko (1983), Natalya Kaspersky (1966), Alexey Smertin (1975), Sergei Yashin (1962), Marat Khusnullin (1966), and Lyubov Sokolova (1977). After her are Tanja Mihhailova-Saar (1983), Veronika Skvortsova (1960), Aleksei Miranchuk (1995), Zhang Jun (null), Anatoli Ivanishin (1969), and Viktor Manakov (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova ranks 294. Before her are Rubén Gallego (1968), Elena Chizhova (1957), Arkady Babchenko (1977), Wladimir Kaminer (1967), Victor Shenderovich (1958), and Guzel Yakhina (1977). After her are Elena Milashina (1978), Maria Stepanova (1972), Ilze Liepa (1963), Polina Zherebtsova (1985), Oleg Pavlov (1970), and Kira Yarmysh (1989).

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