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Yuri Orlov
1924–2020
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- nuclear physicist
Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov (Russian: ЮÌÑий ФÑдоÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑлоÌв, 13 August 1924 â 27 September 2020) was a particle accelerator physicist, human rights activist, Soviet dissident, founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, a founding member of the Soviet Amnesty International group.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Lefortovo PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov (Russian: ЮÌÑий ФÑдоÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑлоÌв, 13 August 1924 â 27 September 2020) was a particle accelerator physicist, human rights activist, Soviet dissident, founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, a founding member of the Soviet Amnesty International group. He was declared a prisoner of conscience while serving nine years in prison and internal exile for monitoring the Helsinki human rights accords, he was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International as a founder of the human rights movement in the Soviet Union. Following his release from exile, Orlov was allowed to emigrate to the U.S. and became a professor of physics at Cornell University.
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