Naum Meiman
Naum Natanovich (Nokhim Sanalevich) Meiman | |
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| Наум Натанович (Нохим Санелевич) Мейман | |
dissident movement in the Soviet Union | |
| Spouse | Inna Meiman-Kitrossky |
| Awards | USSR State Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mathematics |
| Institutions |
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| Doctoral advisor | Nikolai Chebotaryov |
Naum Natanovich (Nokhim Sanalevich) Meiman (
Life
He was born in
He worked for two years in the Mathematics Institute at the
Starting in 1968, Meiman became active in politics and signed several letters of protest against political trials in the
In 1971, he retired and applied for permission to emigrate to Israel. Denied on grounds of knowing state secrets, he soon became a refusenik. Gradually he became more active in politics, and was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group beginning in 1977. Later he became deputy chairman and the last active free member, writing hundreds of the group's documents. He also participated in a Refusenik scientific seminar. He was permanently under surveillance by the KGB, who also bugged his telephone and searched his home.
In 1982, Naum Meiman and
Meiman also struggled for the right of his wife Inna Meiman-Kitrossky to go to the USA for medical treatment since she had been diagnosed with cancer. After several years of struggle, she was allowed to go to the US and she died in February 1987 in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.).[3][4][5] Meiman was not allowed to attend her funeral in Washington D.C.[6][7]
In 1988 Meiman was finally allowed to emigrate to Israel, where he became a professor emeritus in Tel Aviv University. In 1992, in Tel-Aviv, there was a conference in his honor dedicated to his 80th birthday. Meiman died there in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ S2CID 250837995.
- JSTOR 42762207.
- ISBN 978-1-61608-203-1.
- YouTube
- ^ Leonid Stonov. "Book review". Association «Remember and save». Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (10 February 1987). "Inna Meiman, emigre, dies at 53; left Soviet for cancer treatment". The New York Times.
- ^ Taubman, Philip (26 February 1987). "Old and alone, Soviet dissident looks to exit". The New York Times.
Further reading
- Mydans, Seth (29 July 1985). "Soviet human rights battle: only isolated voices remain". The New York Times.
- Sakharov, Andrei (February 1978). "Letter from Sakharov and Meiman". doi:10.1038/271499c0.
- Saxon, Wolfgang (10 February 1987). "Inna Meiman, emigre, dies at 53; left Soviet for cancer treatment". The New York Times.
- Taubman, Philip (26 February 1987). "Old and alone, Soviet dissident looks to exit". The New York Times.