Platonov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich

Platonov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich

Genus. in 1941 He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Leningrad State University and became a teacher (assistant) in the Department of African Studies. Since November 1964 - member of the secret organization VSKHSON. After the failure of the organization, in February 1967. arrested. Charged under Art. 70, part 1, and 72 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, the charge was the distribution of photocopies of texts by N.A. Berdyaev and trans. from English works by M. Djilas. Sentenced by the Collegium of the Leningrad City Court on 03/14/04/05/1968 to 7 years in a strict regime penal colony. He served time in a political camp in Mordovia. In 1969-71 together with fellow businessman L.I. Borodin and other prisoners (including Y. Galanskov, A. Ginzburg, Y. Daniel) participated in hunger strikes and other protests against the cruelties of the camp administration. Another year of administrative exile was added to his camp sentence. After returning to Leningrad in 1984, he worked as a leading librarian in the department of literature in the languages ​​of Asian and African countries of the State Public Library/RNL, and continued his scientific work in his specialty.