Vladimir Bukovsky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Konstantinovich and the family name is Bukovsky.

Vladimir Bukovsky
Владимир Константинович Буковский
Bukovsky at the Sakharov Congress in Amsterdam, 21 May 1987
Born
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky

(1942-12-30)30 December 1942
Belebey, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 76)
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
CitizenshipSoviet Union (1942–1992); Russian Federation (1992–2014); United Kingdom (1976–2019)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, Stanford University
Occupation(s)Human right activist, writer, neurophysiologist
Known forHuman rights activism with participation in the Mayakovsky Square poetry readings, the Campaign Against Psychiatric Abuse and struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, The Freedom Association
Notable worksee Vladimir Bukovsky bibliography
MovementDissident movement in the Soviet Union, Solidarnost (Russia)
AwardsThe Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties,[1] Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom
Websitevladimirbukovsky.com

Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, he was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissident movement, well known at home and abroad. He spent a total of twelve years in the psychiatric prison-hospitals, labour camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union during Brezhnev rule.[2]

After being expelled from the Soviet Union in late 1976, Bukovsky remained in vocal opposition to the Soviet system and the shortcomings of its successor regimes in Russia. An activist, a writer,[3] and a neurophysiologist,[4][5] he is celebrated for his part in the campaign to expose and halt the political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union.[6]

A member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation,[7] a director of the Gratitude Fund (set up in 1998 to commemorate and support former dissidents),[c 1] and a member of the International Council of the New York City-based Human Rights Foundation, Bukovsky was a Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.[8]

In 2001, Vladimir Bukovsky received the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, awarded annually since 1993 by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.[9]

  1. ^ Cooper, David (February 2009). "The Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties". Mental Health and Substance Use. 2 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1080/17523280802630251.
  2. ^ Boobbyer, Philip (July 2009). "Vladimir Bukovskii and Soviet Communism". The Slavonic and East European Review. 87 (3): 452–487. doi:10.1353/see.2009.0092. JSTOR 40650408. S2CID 147788063.
  3. ^ Bukovsky, Vladimir (1978). To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter. Andre Deutsch: London. ISBN 978-0-233-97023-3. Jacket
  4. ^ Bukovsky's works on neurophysiology Eight articles published 1981–1988.
  5. ^ Hilton, Ronald (1986). World affairs report. Volumes 16–17. California Institute of International Studies. p. 26..
  6. ^ Davidoff, Victor (13 October 2013). "Soviet Psychiatry Returns". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  7. ^ "International Advisory Council". Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Vladimir Bukovsky", Cato Institute website
  9. ^ "Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom". Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.


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