Yuri Galanskov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuri Galanskov

Soviet writer and dissident

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1939

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1972

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Yuri Timofeyevich Galanskov (Russian: ?´??? ??????´???? ????????´?, 19 June 1939, Moscow - 4 November 1972, Mordovia) was a Russian poet, historian, human rights activist and dissident.
For his political activities, such as founding and editing samizdat almanac Phoenix, he was incarcerated in prisons, camps and forced treatment psychiatric hospitals (Psikhushkas).
He died in a labor camp.