Alexander Esenin-Volpin

Mathematician, Author

1924 –

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Who is Alexander Esenin-Volpin?

Alexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin is a prominent Russian-American poet and mathematician. A notable dissident, political prisoner and a leader of the Soviet human rights movement, he spent total of fourteen years incarcerated and repressed by the Soviet authorities in prisons, psikhushkas and exile.

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Born
May 12, 1924
Saint Petersburg
Also known as
  • Alexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin
  • Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Есе́нин-Во́льпин
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Russia
Profession
Education
  • Moscow State University
Lived in
  • Moscow
  • Saint Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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