SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Stanislav Markelov

1974 - 2009

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Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov (Russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов, IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf]; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and antifascists persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of police violence. Inter alia, Markelov had been the attorney for the family of Elza Kungaeva, a young Chechen woman killed by Russian colonel Yuri Budanov, who was released from prison in mid-January, 15 months before his original sentence was to end. Markelov was murdered by members of the neo-Nazi organization BORN on 19 January 2009 in Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Stanislav Markelov is the 704th most popular social activist (down from 635th in 2024), the 2,673rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,495th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Russian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Stanislav Markelov ranks 704 out of 840. Before him are Betty Ong, Indira Bajramović, Rajmohan Gandhi, Eren Keskin, Zahra Eshraghi, and Maxim Martsinkevich. After him are Julia Butterfly Hill, Anna Hutsol, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Pauli Murray, Susana Trimarco, and Yoani Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Stanislav Markelov ranks 439. Before him are Fernando Diniz, Mike Waltz, Stéphane Henchoz, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Denis Caniza, and Eva Melander. After him are Dado Coletti, Julia Butterfly Hill, Gürkan Uygun, Brent Hinds, Margo Dydek, and Sébastien Foucan. Among people deceased in 2009, Stanislav Markelov ranks 399. Before him are Jane Randolph, Ed McMahon, Leo Rwabwogo, Philip Carey, Horton Foote, and Stanley Middleton. After him are Vladimir Turchinsky, Arnold Stang, Alastair McCorquodale, Stephen Gately, Valeri Broshin, and Tohir Yoʻldosh.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Stanislav Markelov ranks 2,673 out of 3,761. Before him are Valeri Kamensky (1966), Ekaterina Andreeva (1965), Galina Malchugina (1962), Tatiana Bulanova (1969), Maxim Martsinkevich (1984), and Nikita Mazepin (1999). After him are Ilya Kovalchuk (1983), Nikolay Bazhukov (1953), Vera Anisimova (1952), Ilya Segalovich (1964), Roman Eremenko (1987), and Yury Dokhoian (1964).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Stanislav Markelov ranks 41. Before him are Raisa Aronova (1920), Fazu Aliyeva (1932), Yelizaveta Chaikina (1918), Vladimir Kara-Murza (1981), Elizaveta Glinka (1962), and Maxim Martsinkevich (1984). After him are Anna Hutsol (1984), Lidia Yusupova (1961), Denis Kapustin (1984), Nikolay Alexeyev (1977), Suren Gazaryan (1974), and Farhad Fatkullin (1979).

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