- Georgi Vladimov
Georgi Nikolaevich Vladimov (Volosevich) (February 19 1931
Kharkov Ukraine - October 19 2003Frankfurt Germany ) was a Russiandissident writer.In 1977 he became the leader of the Moscow section of
Amnesty International , forbidden in theUSSR .Vladimov's most famous novel was "Faithful Ruslan" (English translation: 1979, ISBN 067124633X), the tale of Ruslan, a guard dog in a Soviet
Gulag labor camp , told by the dog.His novel "General i yego armiya" (“The General and His Army”), on
General Vlasov , was awarded theRussian Booker Prize in 1995 and Sakharov Prize in 2000.External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9397368 Encyclopædia Britannica article]
*http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1082324,00.html#article_continue
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