Lev Emmanuilovich (Mendelevich) Razgon (1908-04-01)1 April 1908 Horki, Horki Raion, Mogilev Governorate, Belarus, Russian Empire
Died
8 September 1999(1999-09-08) (aged 91) Moscow, Russia
Occupation
Writer
Alma mater
Moscow State Pedagogical Institute
Notable awards
Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage
Spouse
Oksana Glebovna Bokiy, Rika Efremovna Berg
Lev Emmanuilovich Razgon (Russian: Лев Эммануи́лович Разго́н; 1 April 1908 – 8 September 1999) was a Soviet journalist, a prisoner of the Gulag from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1950 to 1955, a Russian writer and, latterly, a human rights activist.[1]
Razgon was born in Belorussia to the family of Mendel Abramovich Razgon and Glika Izrailevna Shapiro. In the 1920s they moved to Moscow and in 1932, he graduated from the history faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute.[2][3]
His career before his arrest in 1938 was in great measure due to his marrying into the new Soviet elite and, in particular, two men: his wife Oksana's father Gleb Boky, a high-ranking NKVD officer, and her step-father Ivan Moskvin, a leading figure in the Central Committee.
Later in life, Razgon fell into the category of Gulag detainees who rejoined the Communist Party after their release. He did not resign from the Party until 1988.
^Shukman, Harry (22 September 1999). "Obituary: Lev Razgon". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
^Писатели России. Автобиографии современников. Москва: Журналистское агентство «Гласность». 1998. pp. 386–390. ISBN 9785858681007.
^Зенькович, Николай (2005). Самые секретные родственники: Энциклопедия биографий. Москва: ОЛМА-ПРЕСС, Звездный мир. p. 285. ISBN 5-94850-408-5.
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