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He was a military pilot during [[World War II]] ([[1941]]-[[1944]]), then worked as a journalist. After publishing several books, Svirsky openly criticized [[censorship in the Soviet Union]] [http://www.svoboda.org/programs/hd/2003/hd.111403.asp], and all his writings have been forbidden and destroyed in [[1968]]. He was forced to emigrate to [[Israel]] on the personal request from [[Yuri Andropov]] in [[1972]] [http://ca.geocities.com/grig1@rogers.com/ZKKPSS.html]. |
He was a military pilot during [[World War II]] ([[1941]]-[[1944]]), then worked as a journalist. After publishing several books, Svirsky openly criticized [[censorship in the Soviet Union]] [http://www.svoboda.org/programs/hd/2003/hd.111403.asp], and all his writings have been forbidden and destroyed in [[1968]]. He was forced to emigrate to [[Israel]] on the personal request from [[Yuri Andropov]] in [[1972]] [http://ca.geocities.com/grig1@rogers.com/ZKKPSS.html]. |
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He moved to [[Canada]] in [[1975]] and started teaching Russian literature in [[University of Toronto]] and [[University of Maryland]]. He published numerous fiction and non-fiction books, short stories, and plays. He was also an active participant of political discussions in [[RuNet]], Russian [[blogosphere]]. |
He moved to [[Canada]] in [[1975]] and started teaching Russian literature in [[University of Toronto]] and [[University of Maryland]]. He published numerous fiction and non-fiction books, short stories, and plays. He was also an active participant of political discussions in [[RuNet]], Russian [[blogosphere]]. One of his books, "Anastasiya", was about the influence of Internet operations by [[FSB (Russia)|FSB]] on lifes of bloggers who discuss political subjects. |
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==External links (Russian) == |
==External links (Russian) == |
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Revision as of 05:00, 21 March 2007
Grigory Tsezarevich Svirsky (born in 1921 in Ufa) is Russian writer and dissident.
He was a military pilot during World War II (1941-1944), then worked as a journalist. After publishing several books, Svirsky openly criticized censorship in the Soviet Union [1], and all his writings have been forbidden and destroyed in 1968. He was forced to emigrate to Israel on the personal request from Yuri Andropov in 1972 [2].
He moved to Canada in 1975 and started teaching Russian literature in University of Toronto and University of Maryland. He published numerous fiction and non-fiction books, short stories, and plays. He was also an active participant of political discussions in RuNet, Russian blogosphere. One of his books, "Anastasiya", was about the influence of Internet operations by FSB on lifes of bloggers who discuss political subjects.
External links (Russian)
His books
Grigory Svirsky. Hostages: The personal testimony of a Soviet Jew. Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group), 1976, ISBN 0-370-10328-9.