Yelena Bonner
Yelena Georgiyevna Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the physicist, activist and 1975 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov. During her decades as a dissident, Bonner was noted for her characteristic blunt honesty and courage.
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- Saint Petersburg State UniversitySaint Petersburg Lyceum 239
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- 🏆 Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class🏆 Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland🏆 Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class🏆 Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class🏆 Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
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1923
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