Roy Medvedev
Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev (Russian: Рой Алекса́ндрович Медве́дев; 14 November 1925 – 13 February 2026) was a Russian political writer. He was an author of the dissident history of Stalinism. His best known work, Let History Judge (Russian: К суду истории), first published in English in 1972. Medvedev was born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
His twin brother was biologist and Russian dissident Zhores Medvedev.
Medvedev rejoined the Communist Party in 1989, after Mikhail Gorbachev launched his perestroika and glasnost program. He was elected to the Soviet Union's Congress of People's Deputies and was named as member of the Supreme Soviet.[1]
In November 2025, Medvedev turned 100. He died three months later on 13 February 2026 in Moscow, Russia.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Vishnevsky, Boris (25 January 2008). "Praising ode". Novaya Gazeta. http://en.novayagazeta.ru/politics/8593.html.
- ↑ Историк Рой Медведев умер на 101-м году жизни (in Russian)
- ↑ The Times 16 February 2026, page 45, in English