Viktor Fainberg

Viktor Fainberg
Viktor Fainberg
Виктор Файнберг
	Fainberg in 2014
Born	26 November 1931; Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	2 January 2023 (aged 91)
Citizenship	Russian, French
Education	Philology of the English language and literature
Alma mater	Leningrad University
Occupation(s)	Philology, politics
Known for	Participation in the dissident movement in the Soviet Union, the 1968 Red Square demonstration and the Campaign Against Psychiatric Abuse which led the struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
Movement	Dissident movement in the Soviet Union
Partner	Marina Voikhanskaya
Children	Yuri
Parent(s)	Isaac Fainberg and Sarah Dashevskaya
Awards	Medal of the President of the Slovak republic

Viktor Isaakovich Fainberg (Russian: Ви́ктор Исаа́кович Фа́йнберг; 26 November 1931 – 2 January 2023) was a Russian philologist, prominent figure of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union, participant of the 1968 Red Square demonstration,^[2]^: 195 and the director of the Campaign Against Psychiatric Abuse.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Толстой, Иван; Гаврилов, Андрей (22 November 2011). "Юбилей правозащитника Виктора Файнберга" [The jubilee of human rights activist Viktor Fainberg]. Радио Свобода (in Russian). Radio Liberty.
^ ^a ^b Казнимые сумасшествием: Сборник документальных материалов о психиатрических преследованиях инакомыслящих в СССР / Редакторы: А. Артёмова, Л. Рар, М. Славинский (PDF). Франкфурт-на-Майне: Посев. 1971.
^ McKane, Richard (October 2001). "Poems from the Arsenal". Index on Censorship. 30 (4): 102–106. doi:10.1080/03064220108536983. S2CID 147323974.
^ Банчик, Надежда (11–17 January 2008). "Виктор Файнберг: Одна жизнь и покушение в Париже". Интернет-газета «Мы здесь». Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ Harper, Catherine (28 April 1977). "Where dissent may spell torture of mind and body". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 7.
^ Heinrichs, Paul (22 April 1977). "Tortured activist wants Russia condemned". The Age. p. 11.