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Yelena Grigoryeva

1978 - 2019

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Yelena 'Lena' Grigoryeva (1977/1978 – July 21, 2019) was a human rights and LGBTQ rights activist. She also opposed the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. She was murdered in St. Petersburg, Russia on 21 July 2019, when she was stabbed and strangled to death by unknown assailants, her body being found by a passer-by near her home. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Yelena Grigoryeva is the 829th most popular social activist (down from 789th in 2024), the 3,364th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,331st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Russian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Yelena Grigoryeva ranks 829 out of 840. Before her are Sophia Kianni, Rusudan Gotsiridze, Claire Nouvian, Anjem Choudary, Tabassum Adnan, and Luisa Neubauer. After her are Maryam al-Khawaja, Frances Haugen, Emma González, Veronika Marchenko, Cenk Uygur, and Kateryna Handziuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yelena Grigoryeva ranks 1,032. Before her are Ko Jong-soo, Aimo Diana, Elson Becerra, Christian Gyan, Hattie Morahan, and Reinfried Herbst. After her are Foxy Brown, Davor Kus, Adepero Oduye, Austin Aries, Darío Figueroa, and Alison Balsom. Among people deceased in 2019, Yelena Grigoryeva ranks 640. Before her are Don Imus, Chester Williams, Adam Svoboda, Kristoff St. John, Jan Dydak, and Binyavanga Wainaina. After her are Nadia Toffa, Bjorg Lambrecht, Eva Moser, Isaac Promise, Sergei Karimov, and Paulien van Deutekom.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Grigoryeva ranks 3,364 out of 3,761. Before her are Andrei Tivontchik (1970), Eduard Gritsun (1976), Pavel Abramov (1979), Ekaterina Vilkova (1984), Diana Goustilina (1974), and Tamilla Abbasova (1982). After her are Grigoriy Dobrygin (1986), Alexander Bolshunov (1996), Olesya Zykina (1980), Evgeny Kuznetsov (1992), Darya Pishchalnikova (1985), and Vladimir But (1977).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Yelena Grigoryeva ranks 47. Before her are Stanislav Markelov (1974), Anna Hutsol (1984), Denis Kapustin (1984), Nikolay Alexeyev (1977), Suren Gazaryan (1974), and Farhad Fatkullin (1979). After her are Veronika Marchenko (1969).

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