Sofiya Kalistratova
Sofiya Kalistratova | |
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| Софья Каллистратова | |
| Born | Sofiya Vasilyevna Kalistratova 19 September [O.S. 6 September] 1907 |
| Died | 5 December 1989 (aged 82) Moscow, the Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire (1907–1917) → RSFSR (1917–1922) → Soviet Union (1922–1989) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Soviet public defense lawyer in trials of Soviet dissidents |
| Known for | human rights activism with participation in the Moscow Helsinki Group and trials of Soviet dissidents |
| Movement | dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
Sofiya Vasilyevna Kalistratova (Russian: Со́фья Васи́льевна Калистра́това), also known as Sofia Kallistratova (Софья Каллистратова; 19 September [O.S. 6 September] 1907 – 5 December 1989) was a public defense lawyer in the Soviet Union. She defended various Soviet dissidents and from 1977 was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), distributing information about human rights violations in the Soviet Union.