Boris Pavlovich Pustyntsev | |
Native Name: | Борис Павлович Пустынцев |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1935 |
Birth Place: | Vladivostok, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Saint Petersburg |
Nationality: | Russian |
Citizenship: | (1935–1991) → (1991–2014) |
Occupation: | translator |
Movement: | dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
Known For: | human rights activism |
Boris Pavlovich Pustyntsev (Russian: Бори́с Па́влович Пусты́нцев, 2 June 1935, Vladivostok - 4 March 2014, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian human rights activist. He was best known as chairman of the charitable organisation St. Petersburg NGO. He was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Soviet Union.
Pustyntsev died after a long illness on 4 March 2014 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was 78 years old.[1]