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Yelena Bonner
Human rights activist, Organization founder
1923 – 2011
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Who was Yelena Bonner?
Yelena Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the noted physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. During her decades as a dissident, Bonner was noted for her characteristic blunt honesty and courage.
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- Born
- Feb 15, 1923
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - Also known as
- Еле́на Гео́ргиевна Бо́ннэр
- Bonner, Elena
- Elena Bonner
- Parents
- Spouses
- Andrei Sakharov
(1972 - ) - Ivan Vasilyevich Semenov
( - 1965)
- Andrei Sakharov
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Armenia
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 18, 2011
Massachusetts
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on July 23, 2013
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