Viktor Popkov
Human rights activist, Deceased Person
1946 – 2001
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Who was Viktor Popkov?
Viktor Alekseyevich Popkov Виктор Алексеевич Попков was a Russian dissident, humanitarian, human rights activist and journalist. He spent the last 15 years of his life in the hot spots of the falling Soviet Union, including the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, the Nagorno-Karabakh War and the war in Chechnya. A deeply religious Old Believer and pacifist, Popkov taught non-violence.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1946
Krasnodar - Spouses
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 2, 2001
Krasnogorsk
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on July 23, 2013
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