Birthdate: December 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belebey, Russia
Died: October 27, 2019
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissident movement during the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. He spent a total of twelve years in Soviet prisons, labor camps, and psychiatric hospitals under Brezhnev’s rule. Bukovsky was renowned for his activism, writing, and work as a neurophysiologist. He played a significant role in exposing and challenging the political misuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union. Bukovsky was awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom in 2001 and held various roles in organizations dedicated to human rights and opposing communism.
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