Boris Pustyntsev Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crusading Russian rights activists and Bellona associate Boris Pustyntsev dies at 78. Bellona Foundation. Charles. Digges. 6 March 2014. 22 March 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140326013137/http://bellona.org/news/russian-human-rights-issues/nikitin-case/2014-03-crusading-russian-rights-activists-bellona-associate-boris-pustyntsev-dies-79. 26 March 2014.