Andrei Sinyavsky

Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: ?????? ????????? ?????????) (1925 - 1997)

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Russian language - 1925 - 1997

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was a Russian writer, dissident, gulag survivor, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher. He frequently wrote under the pseudonym Abram Tertz.

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Russia - Dissident - Gulag - Sorbonne University - Pseudonym

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During a time of extreme censorship, Sinyavsky published both under his real name and (through samizdat, and Western publications) his pseudonym. The historical Abram Tertz was a Jewish gangster from Russian past; Sinyavsky himself was not Jewish.

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Samizdat - Jew - Gangster

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A protege of Boris Pasternak, Sinyavsky described the realities of Stalinism. In 1965, he was arrested, along with fellow-writer and friend Yuli Daniel, and tried in the infamous Sinyavsky-Daniel show trial ("??????? ?????????? ? ???????"). On February 14, 1966, Sinyavsky was sentenced to seven years for "anti-Soviet activity". Unprecedented in the USSR, both writers plead not guilty.

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Boris Pasternak - Stalinism - 1965 - Yuli Daniel - Show trial - February 14 - 1966

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The affair was accompanied by harsh propaganda campaign in the Soviet media and was perceived as a sign of demise of the Khrushchev Thaw. A group of Soviet notables sent a letter to Leonid Brezhnev asking not to rehabilitate Stalinism. Among the signatories were the academicians Andrei Sakharov, Igor Tamm, Lev Artsimovich, Pyotr Kapitsa, Ivan Maysky, writers Konstantin Paustovsky, Korney Chukovsky, actors Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Maya Plisetskaya, Oleg Yefremov, directors Georgy Tovstonogov, Mikhail Romm, Marlen Khutsiyev and others.

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Propaganda - Khrushchev Thaw - Leonid Brezhnev - Stalinism - Andrei Sakharov - Igor Tamm - Lev Artsimovich - Pyotr Kapitsa - Ivan Maysky - Konstantin Paustovsky - Korney Chukovsky - Innokenty Smoktunovsky - Maya Plisetskaya - Oleg Yefremov - Georgy Tovstonogov - Mikhail Romm - Marlen Khutsiyev

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Sinyavsky was released in 1971 and allowed to emigrate in 1973 to France, where he was one of cofounders of Russian-language almanac Syntaxis. He actively contributed to Radio Liberty.

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1971 - 1973 - France - Almanac - Radio Liberty

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