Andrei Tverdokhlebov
Andrei Nikolayevich Tverdokhlebov | |
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| Андрей Николаевич Твердохлебов | |
| Born | September 30, 1940 |
| Died | December 3, 2011 (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Drexel University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | physicist |
| Known for | human rights activism with participation in the Committee on Human Rights in the USSR |
| Movement | dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Spouse | Natalia Tverdokhlebova |
| Children | daughter Maria Fyodorova |
Andrei Nikolayevich Tverdokhlebov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Твердохле́бов, 30 September 1940, Moscow – 3 December 2011, Pennsylvania, United States) was a Soviet physicist, dissident and human rights activist. In 1970, he founded - along with Valery Chalidze and Andrei Sakharov - the Committee on Human Rights in the USSR. In 1973, Tverdokhlebov - along with Valentin Turchin - founded the first chapter of Amnesty International in the Soviet Union. He also helped found Group 73, a human rights organization that helped political prisoners in the Soviet Union. He was the author/editor of several samizdat publications while in the Soviet Union, which were compiled in the book, "In Defense of Human Rights", published by Khronika Press, New York, in 1975.