Sergei Grigoryants

This article is about the Russian political activist. For the Russian chess player, see Sergey Grigoriants.

Sergei Grigoryants
Сергей Григорьянц
Сергій Григорьянц
Born(1941-05-12)12 May 1941
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died14 March 2023(2023-03-14) (aged 81)
NationalityArmenian[1]-Ukrainian
CitizenshipSoviet Union (1941–1991), Russia (1991–2023)
Alma materMoscow State University, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute
Occupation(s)Aerospace engineering, journalism, literary criticism, human rights activism, publishing
Known forpublishing Glasnost magazine, chairing the Glasnost Defense Foundation
MovementDissident movement in the Soviet Union
AwardsWorld Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award
Websitegrigoryants.ru

Sergei Ivanovich Grigoryants (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Григорья́нц, Ukrainian: Сергі́й Іва́нович Григорья́нц, 12 May 1941 – 14 March 2023)[2] was a Soviet dissident and political prisoner, journalist, literary critic,[3] chairman of the Glasnost Defense Foundation. He was imprisoned for ten years[4] in Chistopol jail as a political prisoner for anti-Soviet activities, from 1975 to 1980 and then four more years starting in 1983 on similar charges.[5]

  1. ^ ГРИГОРЬЯНЦ Сергей Иванович - Labirinth
  2. ^ "Умер советский диссидент, журналист, правозащитник Сергей Григорьянц". www.svoboda.org (in Russian). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ Keller, Bill (22 February 1987). "Where cold and food are the tools for torture". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Reed, Barbara (January 1990). "Glasnost: the slogan, the reality, the magazine". Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies. 11 (1): 20–43. doi:10.1080/02560054.1990.9653028.
  5. ^ "Sergei Grigoryants: self-appointed guardian of glasnost". UPI. 27 March 1988.