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Zoya Krakhmalnikova

1929–2008

Nationality
Soviet Union
Occupation
human rights defender

Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (Russian: Зоя Александровна Крахмальникова; January 14, 1929 – April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Lefortovo Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (Russian: Зоя Александровна Крахмальникова; January 14, 1929 – April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin. She was an activist and former Soviet dissident who was repeatedly arrested by the authorities of the former Soviet Union for her publications. She was a recipient of the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage.

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