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Yevgenia Ginzburg

Yevgenia Ginzburg

1903–1977

Nationality
Russian Empire
Occupation
journalist

Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg (December 20, 1904 – May 25, 1977) (Russian: Евге́ния Соломо́новна Ги́нзбург) was a Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Butyrka prison
    Dates unknown
  2. Butyrka prison
    Dates unknown
  3. Lefortovo Prison
    Dates unknown
  4. Lefortovo Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg (December 20, 1904 – May 25, 1977) (Russian: Евге́ния Соломо́новна Ги́нзбург) was a Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag. Her given name is often Latinized to Eugenia.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.