Ponomarev Lev Alexandrovich

Ponomarev Lev Alexandrovich

Genus. in 1941 Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1965, graduate school at MIPT in 1968. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. He worked at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (ITEP), and part-time taught at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology at the Department of General Physics.
In 1988 he was one of the initiators of the creation of the Memorial Society. In 1989, he was a confidant of Academician Andrei Sakharov in the elections of people's deputies of the USSR. Participated in the Coordination Council of the Moscow Association of Voters, in the initiative group for the creation of the “Civil Action” committee.
In 1990 he was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR. From 1990 to 1993 - People's Deputy of Russia, member of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, member of the Committee on Media, Relations with Public Organizations, Mass Movements of Citizens and the Study of Public Opinion, member of the Democratic Russia faction and the Army Reform parliamentary group "
In the fall of 1991, he headed the parliamentary commission to investigate the activities of the State Emergency Committee and clarify the role of the KGB in the attempted coup.
From 1994 to 1996 - Deputy of the State Duma, member of the Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots.
In 1997, he initiated the creation of the all-Russian movement “For Human Rights,” becoming the executive director and member of the movement’s Council.
Member of the “Other Russia” coalition since its founding in July 2006. Member of the coalition's executive committee.
Member of the United Democratic Movement "Solidarity". On March 31, 2009, he was beaten near his home.