Natan Sharansky

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Soviet dissident author human human rights activist politician

Natan Sharansky is a former Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and Israeli politician renowned for his struggle for Jewish emigration rights and democracy.

Aliases (2)

Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky ×1
Sharansky ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet dissident → author → human → human rights activist → politician →
advocates	linkage between foreign policy and human rights →
awardReceived	Beacons of Freedom Award → Congressional Gold Medal → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Ronald Reagan Freedom Award →
birthName	Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky →
causeOfImprisonment	refusenik and human rights activities →
countryOfCitizenship	Israel → Soviet Union →
dateOfBirth	1948-01-20 →
educatedAt	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology →
ethnicGroup	Jews →
familyName	Sharansky →
fieldOfWork	Israeli politics → Soviet dissident movement → human rights →
givenName	Natan →
languageSpoken	English → Hebrew → Russian →
memberOf	Israeli Knesset →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Likud → Yisrael BaAliyah →
movement	Soviet dissident movement → refusenik movement →
notableFor	advocacy for democracy and human rights → imprisonment in the Soviet Union on espionage charges → leadership in the Soviet Jewry movement → struggle for Jewish emigration rights from the Soviet Union →
notableWork	Defending Identity → Fear No Evil → The Case for Democracy →
occupation	human rights activist → politician → writer →
placeOfBirth	Donetsk → Soviet Union → Ukrainian SSR →
positionHeld	Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel → Deputy Prime Minister of Israel → Member of the Knesset → Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel → Minister of Industry and Trade of Israel → Minister of Internal Affairs of Israel →
religion	Judaism →
spouse	Avital Sharansky →
studied	applied mathematics →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Natan Sharansky ("Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky") →	birthName
Natan Sharansky ("Sharansky") →	familyName
Vladimir Central Prison →	hasNotableInmate
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award →	notableRecipient