Vladimir Semyonovich Slepak (russian: Влади́мир Семёнович Слепа́к; 29 October 1927 – 24 April 2015) was a
Soviet dissident,
refusenik, member of the
Moscow Helsinki Group. Along with his wife Mariya Slepak (née Rashkovskaya) and sons Alexander and Leonid he fought for the
right of Jews to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
[Людмила Алексеева, Юрий Орлов, Виталий Рубин, Анатолий Щаранский. ''Документы МХГ (1976—1982) О разделённых семьях']
Документ № 4
17 июня 1976 г.
He participated in the compilation of about 70 documents, appeals by
Moscow Helsinki Group.
[Каталог Самиздата]
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He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute
Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI; russian: Московский авиационный институт, МАИ) is one of the major engineering institutes in Moscow, Russia. Since its inception MAI has been spearhe ...
as a radio engineer.
He lived and worked in Moscow as the head of the laboratory at the Research Institute of television in Golyanovo District
Golyanovo District (russian: райо́н Голья́ново) is a district of Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population:
It is one of the largest districts in Moscow, both in terms of the geographic ar ...
and trust "Spetsgeofizika."
For his human rights activities he was convicted and exiled[ИМЕННОЙ УКАЗАТЕЛЬ]
к книге Е. Печуро ''Реквием по ушедшей эпохе'' to the village of Tsokto-Khangil, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug ( bua, Агын Буряадай автономито тойрог) was a federal subject of the Russian Federation. On 1 March 2008, the region merged with Chita Oblast (which it was surrounded by) to form the new Z ...
in the Chita Oblast from 1978 to 1983.
He spent nearly five years in Siberian exile for unfurling a banner that read, "Let Us Go..."[Михаэль Бейзер]
Евреи борьбы. Еврейское национальное движение в СССР (1967—1989 гг.)
/ref> He lived with his family in Kfar Saba, Israel
Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...
.[Владимир и Мария Слепак, село Цокто-Хангил, 1980 г.]
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1927 births
2015 deaths
Engineers from Moscow
Moscow Aviation Institute alumni
Soviet Jews
Russian Jews
Moscow Helsinki Group
Jewish human rights activists
Refuseniks
Soviet dissidents
Soviet human rights activists
Soviet prisoners and detainees
Soviet emigrants to Israel