Andrey Derevyankin

Who is Andrey Derevyankin?

Andrey Nikolaevich Derevyankin is a politician, Soviet dissident, and former political prisoner in 1984-1987, 1997–1998, 2000–2004.

Andrey Derevyankin was born on 10 July 1959, in Krasnorechensk settlement of the Air Force base situated at Kamchatka peninsula. His father was an Air Force officer. His mother was a teacher.

Andrey Derevyankin participated in the anti-Soviet dissident movement since 1979. In 1980 he was expelled from Saratov Law Academy for the activities to create an anti-Soviet group of students. According to the criminal case, "in 1979-1980 while studying at the Academy he admitted the anti-Soviet talks, writing and putting up in Saratov and Tula leaflets calling to engage in an illegal organization "Justice", "showing how to make conspiracy, outlining the need to establish connections with foreigners for the carriage of anti-Soviet literature at the USSR, "suggested the use of experience of the Polish "Solidarity ". Totally he distributed over 200 leaflets".

In 1983 Andrey Derevyankin after the serving in Soviet Army was restored at the Law Academy and graduated with honour in 1984.