Victor Kravchenko (defector), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Kravchenko (defector)

defector Soviet diplomat

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1905

Place of Birth: Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1966

Profession: writer, military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Viktor Andreevich Kravchenko (Russian: ?????? ????????? ???´??????, 11 October 1905 – 25 February 1966) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet defector, known for writing the best-selling book I Chose Freedom, published in 1946, about the realities of life in the Soviet Union. Kravchenko defected to the United States during World War II, and began writing about his experiences as an official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and raising awareness of the Holodomor.