Sergei Grigoryants
Sergei Grigoryants | |
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| Сергей Григорьянц Сергій Григорьянц | |
Sergei Grigoryants in 2015 | |
| Born | 12 May 1941 |
| Died | 14 March 2023 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Armenian-Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union (1941–1991), Russia (1991–2023) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute |
| Occupation(s) | Aerospace engineering, journalism, literary criticism, human rights activism, publishing |
| Known for | publishing Glasnost magazine, chairing the Glasnost Defense Foundation |
| Movement | Dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Awards | World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award |
| Website | grigoryants |
Sergei Ivanovich Grigoryants (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Григорья́нц, Ukrainian: Сергі́й Іва́нович Григорья́нц, 12 May 1941 – 14 March 2023) was a Soviet dissident and political prisoner, journalist, literary critic, chairman of the Glasnost Defense Foundation. He was imprisoned for ten years 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.