Galina Vladimirovna Kozhevnikova (russian: Галина Владимировна Кожевникова; 16 March 1974 in
Kazan
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– 5 March 2011 in
Moscow
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) was a Russian journalist and human rights activist.
Galina Kozhevnikova was deputy director of the Moscow human rights center "
Sova", a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO).
[ She was known in Russia as a leading expert of problem of ]nationalism
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...
, researching xenophobia
Xenophobia () is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an in-group and out-group and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, a ...
and ethnic hatred
Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to notions and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in varying degrees.
There are multiple origins for ethnic hatred and the resulting ethnic conflic ...
.
Biography
Education
Kozhevnikova completed Rossiyskiy Gosudarstvennyy Gumanitarnyy Universitet, Istoriko-Arkhivnyy Institut at faculty of history-archival studies in 1997, where she also continued studies at the academic department of history of government institutions and public organizations.
Work
Galina Kozhevnikova started first work at the Information and Research Center "Panorama" in 1995, researching issues of the activities of federal executive authorities and state authorities of the constituent entities in Russia. When, in 2002, with the help of "Panorama" and Moscow Helsinki Group
The Moscow Helsinki Group (also known as the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, russian: link=no, Московская Хельсинкская группа) is today one of Russia's leading human rights organisations. It was originally set up in 1976 ...
, was created "Sova Center", a NGO, researching xenophobia and ethnic hatred, she continued there work as a leading researcher.
Death
Galina Kozhevnikova died from a long illness on March 5, 2011 at the age of 36. Her colleagues, expressing sympathies about her early death, said about Galina Kozhevnikova as a courageous researcher of nationalism and ethnic hatred in Russia. Tanya Lokshina
Tanya Lokshina (russian: Таня Локшина; born 17 June 1973) is a human rights researcher, journalist, and writer from Russia. She is director of the Russia program at Human Rights Watch (associate director for Human Rights Watch's Europ ...
, colleague from Human Rights Watch, said that Galina Kozhevnikova was a leading researcher of xenophobia in Russia, "She had a completely encyclopedic mind. She knew more about this topic than anyone else".
Publications
* ''Radical Nationalism in Russia in 2008, and Efforts to Counteract It''
References
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1974 births
2011 deaths
Writers from Kazan
Russian women historians
Russian women activists
Women human rights activists
Russian human rights activists
Russian women journalists
Russian State University for the Humanities alumni