Yelena Bonner

Human rights activist in the former Soviet Union; wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov · Russia · Writers · Lived 1923 to 2011 · aged 88

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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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2011Died18 June 20112004Giuseppe Motta MedalAward2003Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd classAward2001Robert Schuman MedalAward2000Hannah Arendt PrizeAward1991Rafto PrizeAward1923Born15 February 1923

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Giuseppe Motta Medal2004

Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class2003

Robert Schuman Medal2001

Hannah Arendt Prize2000

Rafto Prize1991

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class

Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Badge "Excellence in Healthcare of the USSR"

Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa

Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University

Badge of honor «For services to the Crimean Tatar people»

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Spouse Andrei Sakharov

Child Tatiana Yankelevich

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