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Vladimir Bukovsky

1942 - 2019

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Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: Владимир Константинович Буковский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, he was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissident movement, well known at home and abroad. He spent a total of twelve years in the psychiatric prison-hospitals, labour camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union during Brezhnev's rule. After being expelled from the Soviet Union in late 1976, Bukovsky remained in vocal opposition to the Soviet system and the shortcomings of its successor regimes in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Bukovsky is the 195th most popular social activist (down from 171st in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Russia (down from 471st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Vladimir Bukovsky ranks 195 out of 840. Before him are Rudi Dutschke, Leopold Trepper, Salvador Puig Antich, Ales Bialiatski, Balthasar Gérard, and Kartini. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Andrés Bonifacio, Subcomandante Marcos, Tawakkol Karman, Sojourner Truth, and Tiradentes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Vladimir Bukovsky ranks 151. Before him are Péter Medgyessy, Isaac Hayes, Robert F. Engle, Valeri Polyakov, Carole King, and Christopher A. Sims. After him are Adil Abdul-Mahdi, John McLaughlin, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Pascal Couchepin, Gottfried John, and Michel Fourniret. Among people deceased in 2019, Vladimir Bukovsky ranks 94. Before him are Dragoslav Šekularac, Valentina Cortese, Felice Gimondi, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, and Mark Hollis. After him are William Levada, Šaban Šaulić, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jan-Michael Vincent, Stanley Donen, and Luke Perry.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Bukovsky ranks 538 out of 3,761. Before him are Korney Chukovsky (1882), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), Alexander Pokryshkin (1913), Nicholas of Japan (1836), and Marina Raskova (1912). After him are Leonid Gaidai (1923), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), Nina Kulagina (1926), Sergei Krikalev (1958), and Boris Kustodiev (1878).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Vladimir Bukovsky ranks 13. Before him are Stenka Razin (1630), Sergey Nechayev (1847), Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Maria Spiridonova (1884), and Ales Bialiatski (1962). After him are Dmitry Muratov (1961), Sophia Perovskaya (1853), Sergey Taboritsky (1897), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), Zinaida Portnova (1926), and Vera Figner (1852).

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