Zoya Krakhmalnikova

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Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (

Soviet dissident who was repeatedly arrested by the authorities of the former Soviet Union for her publications.[1] She was a recipient of the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage
.

Early life and career

Krakhmalnikova was born in the city of

Soviet Academy of Sciences' Institute of Sociology in 1967.[1]

Her husband was fellow author

Feliks Svetov.[1]

Dissident

Zoya Krakhmalnikova was baptized into the

USSR Union of Writers, which meant that she could no longer publish any of her work in the Soviet Union.[1] Instead, Krakhmalnikova turned her attention to writing articles concerning Christianity in the Soviet Union
, many of which she sent outside of the country to be published.

In 1976, she began publishing Nadezhda (Hope), which was a revival of a

pre-revolutionary Christian journal.[1] She focused her publication on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, not to attack Soviet authorities for their policies or human rights abuses. However, the journal also explored the subject of what it called "new martyrs", who were victims of the Communist rule.[1]

typescripts.[1] Copies of Nadezhda were then smuggled back into the Soviet Union.[1]

Krakhmalnikova was arrested at 4:00 a.m. on August 4, 1982, at her

U.S.S.R. to be published abroad.[1] She pleaded not guilty to all charges on April 1, 1983.[1]

She was ultimately convicted. Her sentence was called lenient by the state run Soviet news agency,

icons and a Bible in small corner of her room.[1] She had no access to a priest while living in Ust-Kan.[1]

Her husband, Feliks Svetov, an author and Russian Orthodox activist, was later arrested and also sent into internal exile in

pro-democracy activist and publicly called on the Russian Orthodox Church to apologize for its collaboration with Soviet authorities, which, as of 2008, it still has not done.[1]

Krakhmalnikova later wrote her autobiography, which was published in the United States, but not the United Kingdom.[1] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Krakhmalnikova never became a high-profile Russian figure and was little known in Western Europe or the United States.[1] However, she remained influential within her group of friends, activists and supporters.[1]

Zoya Krakhmalnikova died on April 17, 2008, at the age of 79.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Bourdeaux, Michael (May 13, 2008). "Zoya Krakhmalnikova, Christian writer jailed for her beliefs by the Soviet authorities". The Guardian. Retrieved May 17, 2008.

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