Valeriya Novodvorskaya

Valeriya Novodvorskaya
Valeriya Novodvorskaya
Валерия Новодворская
	Novodvorskaya in 2010
1st Chairman of the Democratic Union
	In office; 8 May 1988 – 12 July 2014
Preceded by	Position created
Personal details
Born	Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya; 17 May 1950; Baranavichy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	12 July 2014 (aged 64); Moscow, Russia
Cause of death	Toxic shock syndrome
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Democratic Union
Alma mater	Moscow Region State University
Occupation	Journalist

Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Russian: Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; 17 May 1950 – 12 July 2014) was a Soviet dissident,^[1] writer and liberal politician.^[2] She was the founder and the chairwoman of the Democratic Union party and a member of the editorial board of The New Times.^[3]

^ Moscow: the trial of Valeria Novodvorskaya, 16 March 1970, in the Chronicle of Current Events
^ Lukin, Alexander. The Political Culture of the Russian "Democrats". New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-829558-7. p. 260n.
^ (also mentioned, Gleb Yakunin and Konstantin Borovoi) Arbatov, Alexei. Military Reform in Russia, International Security, Vol. 22, No. 4

[Chronicle-1] Moscow: the trial of Valeria Novodvorskaya, 16 March 1970, in the Chronicle of Current Events

[2] Lukin, Alexander. The Political Culture of the Russian "Democrats". New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-829558-7. p. 260n.

[3] (also mentioned, Gleb Yakunin and Konstantin Borovoi) Arbatov, Alexei. Military Reform in Russia, International Security, Vol. 22, No. 4

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