Lyudmila Alexeyeva
Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva (Russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Алексе́ева, IPA: [lʲʊˈdmʲilə ɐlʲɪˈksʲeɪvə], 20 July 1927 — 8 December 2018) was a Russian historian and leading human rights activist. She was a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group.[1] Alexeyeva was one of the last Soviet dissidents active in modern Russia.[2] She participated in the Strategy-31 protests. She was born in Yevpatoria, Crimea, Soviet Union.
Alexeyeva died on 8 December 2018 in Moscow at the age of 91.[3]
References
- ↑ New politics. New Politics Associates. 1989. p. 133.
- ↑ Maria Danilova (June 15, 2004), Lyudmila Alexeyeva Speaks Her Mind Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. The St. Petersburg Times. Issue #977 (45).
- ↑ В Москве умерла правозащитница Людмила Алексеева. BBC Russian Cervice. 8 December 2018. https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-46496516. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
Other websites
- Lyudmila Alexeyeva's blog on LiveJournal
- The Alexeyeva File, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book, 20 July 2012
- Schepp, Matthias (4 June 2010). "Rights in Russia: Putin pushes new law to curtail opposition". Der Spiegel.
- Alexeyeva in the 2011 four-part British documentary television series Putin, Russia and the West on IMDb