Olga Tsepilova Explained

Olga Tsepilova
Nationality:	Russian
Occupation:	Sociologist

Olga Tsepilova (born 1958) is a Russian sociologist and senior research fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences.

She has been studying the social consequences of pollution in Russia, especially in closed nuclear zones like the closed city Ozyorsk in the southern Urals, the site of the infamous Mayak nuclear facility.^{[1] [2]} These studies were not acclaimed by the Federal Security Service (FSB), which has accused her of engaging in espionage.

Tsepilova appeared on Time Magazine's list of "Heroes of the Environment" October 2007.^[3]

References

1. Nadezhda Kutepova & Olga Tsepilova, "A short history of the ZATO", p. 148-149 in Cultures of Contamination, Volume 14: Legacies of Pollution in Russia and the US (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy), eds. Michael Edelstein, Maria Tysiachniouk, Lyudmila V. Smirnova. JAI Press, 2007.
2. News: Russian village evacuation as rocket blast sparks radiation fears: Nyonoksa residents asked to leave within a day after last week's explosion that spiked radiation levels up to 16 times. . Al Jazeera. See 25 minute video of Felicity Barr's interview of Nadezhda Kutepova.. 13 August 2019. 17 October 2019.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20071021012830/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1663317_1663320_1669922,00.html Olga Tsepilova - Heroes of the Environment - TIME - October 2007