Sergei Kovalev

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Sergei Kovalev
Сергей Ковалёв
Kovalyov in 2015
Born	(1930-03-02)2 March 1930 Seredyna-Buda, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	9 August 2021(2021-08-09) (aged 91) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Soviet Union (1930–1991) Russian Federation (1991–2021)
Alma mater	Moscow State University (1954)
Occupation(s)	Biophysicist, politician
Known for	Human rights activism with participation in the Action Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR, Moscow Helsinki Group, Memorial and the Moscow branch of Amnesty International
Movement	Dissident movement in the Soviet Union
Children	Ivan; Maria, Varvara
Awards	Geuzenpenning, Légion d'honneur, Sakharov Prize, Victor Gollancz Prize, Olof Palme Prize, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Lithuanian Freedom Award

Kovalev's voice

from Kovalev's interview for Ekho Moskvy, 5 May 2014

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Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov (also spelled Sergey Kovalev; Russian: Сергей Адамович Ковалёв; 2 March 1930 – 9 August 2021) was a Russian human rights activist and politician. During the Soviet period he was a dissident and, after 1975, a political prisoner.