Valeriy Marchenko

Soviet dissident (1947–1984).

Born September 16th, 1947 in Kyiv.

Died October 7th, 1984 at 37 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Occupations
dissident, human rights activist, literary scholar, man of letters, translator, writer
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