Valeriya Novodvorskaya | |
|---|---|
Валерия Новодворская | |
 Novodvorskaya in 2010 | |
| 1st Chairman of the Democratic Union | |
| In office 8 May 1988 – 12 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya 17 May 1950 Baranavichy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 12 July 2014 (aged 64) Moscow, Russia |
| Cause of death | Toxic shock syndrome |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow Region State University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Russian: Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; 17 May 1950 – 12 July 2014) was a Russian and Soviet dissident,[1] writer and liberal politician.[2] She was the founder and the chairwoman of the Democratic Union party and a member of the editorial board of The New Times.[3]
- ^ Moscow: the trial of Valeria Novodvorskaya, 16 March 1970, in the Chronicle of Current Events
- ^ Lukin, Alexander. The Political Culture of the Russian "Democrats". New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-829558-7. p. 260n.
- ^ (also mentioned, Gleb Yakunin and Konstantin Borovoi) Arbatov, Alexei. Military Reform in Russia, International Security, Vol. 22, No. 4