Medvedev Zhores Alexandrovich

Definition: Writer, dissident and biologist
Years of life: 1925-2018
Reproduction methods:
Genus. in 1925 in Tbilisi. In February 1943 he was drafted into the army. He took part in the battles on the Taman Peninsula in May 1943, was seriously wounded and demobilized in September 1943. Entered the Moscow Agricultural Academy. K. A. Timiryazev, from which he graduated in 1950. In the same year he defended his Ph.D. thesis. In 1962, he was fired in connection with the writing of the book “Biological Science and the Cult of Personality,” which was widely circulated in “samizdat.” He went to work at the Institute of Medical Radiology of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences in Obninsk, where he organized a laboratory of molecular radiobiology. In 1969, he was fired due to the publication of a book in the United States in English, “The Rise and Fall of TDLysenko.” In 1969-1970 wrote books - “International Cooperation of Scientists and National Borders” and “The Secrecy of Correspondence is Protected by Law” - in which he criticized restrictions on scientific cooperation and travel abroad, as well as censorship of mail and journals and books received from abroad. These works circulated widely in samizdat.
In May 1970 he was forcibly placed in the Kaluga psychiatric hospital. Three weeks later he was released due to protests from respected academicians.
At the end of 1970, he got a job at the Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals in Borovsk. In 1972, he received an invitation to work for a year in the genetics department of the National Institute for Health Research in London. In December 1972, the management of the institute in Borovsk granted a year's leave to travel to London. In January 1973, he came to England with his wife and youngest son and began working at the institute. In August 1973, on charges of anti-Soviet activities, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was deprived of Soviet citizenship. Since 1974, the National Institute for Medical Research has invited him to a permanent position as a senior researcher in the department of genetics. After his retirement in 1991, he continued his author and journalistic work. Soviet citizenship was returned in August 1990 by Decree of USSR President Gorbachev. Died on November 15, 2018 in London.

Cases (1)

Documents (18)

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Медведев Рой Александрович
1. Appeal from V. Maksimov to the Medvedev brothers dated December 12, 1973 (Moscow) criticizing their attitude towards A.S. Solzhenitsyn. and Sakharov A.D.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 2 / Case Максимов Владимир Емельянович
1. [Open] letter from Maksimov V.E. dated 12/12/1973 to the Medvedev brothers condemning their activities.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Медведев Жорес Александрович
1. Letter from Medvedev to Zh.A. in the magazine "Ogonyok", No. 52 of 1988, with a story about the fate of Jean Cathal.
1 лист, 1 изображение, газетная/журнальная вырезка
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Медведев Жорес Александрович
2. Article by A. Illesh “In search of common sense. Interview with Zhores Medvedev" in the newspaper "Izvestia" dated July 28, 1989.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Убожко Лев Григорьевич
2. Brochure of the Conservative Party "How I became a dissident", author Ubozhko L.G., 1988-1991. (attached file)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Медведев Рой Александрович
3. Interview with Medvedev R. “I write about the past in the name of the present” in the newspaper “Leningradsky Rabochiy” dated 02/17/1989.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Чурганов Анатолий Петрович
7. Questionnaire for the program "Social movements of the 1950s-80s." National Research Center "Memorial", filled in by A.P. Churganov; letter from Churganov A.P. to the National Research Center "Memorial"; newspaper clipping with an Index to the main materials of the Journalist magazine for 1987, 09/25/1990; envelope (mail 28.08.1990/01.09.1990).
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Солженицын Александр Исаевич
12. Article by Nikolaev A. “Confrontation” in the magazine “Smena” No. 22 and No. 23 for 1989. about Solzhenitsyn A.I.
7 листов, 8 изображений, газетная/журнальная вырезка
Abdumomunov Toktobolot, Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich, Akhmatova Anna Andreevna, Belinkov Arkady Viktorovich, Berezko Georgy Sergeevich, Berzer Anna Samoilovna, Borisoglebsky Viktor Valeryanovich, Borshchagovsky Alexander Mikhailovich, Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich, Vinogradov Igor Ivanovich, Vladimov Georgy Nikolaevich, Voronkov Konstantin Vasilievich, Gorlov Alexander M., Granin Daniil Alexandrovich, Daniel Yuly Markovich, Degtyarev, Dementyev Alexander Grigorievich, Demichev Petr Nilovich, Dolottsev, Zaks Boris Germanovich, Zimyanin Mikhail Vasilievich, Ilyichev Leonid Fedorovich, Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich, Kerbabaev Berdy Muradovich, Kozhevnikov, Kozhevnikov Vadim Mikhailovich, Kondratovich Alexey Ivanovich, Konev, Kopelev Lev Zinovievich (Zalmanovich), Korneichuk Alexander Evdokimovich, Kosygin Alexey Nikolaevich, Kochetov Vsevolod Anisimovich, Lakshin Vladimir Yakovlevich, Malyarov Mikhail Petrovich, Markov Georgy Mokeevich, Maryamov Alexander Moiseevich, Medvedev Zhores Alexandrovich, Mednikov Anatoly Mikhailovich, Musrepov Gabit Makhmutovich, Nikolaev A., Novichenko Leonid Nikolaevich, Pavlov S.P., Pasternak Boris Leonidovich, Poltoratsky Viktor Vasilievich, Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich, Salynsky Afanasy Dmitrievich, Sartakov Sergey Venediktovich, Semichastny Vladimir Efimovich, Serebryakova (Bull-Bek, Sokolnikova, Bulgakova) Galina Iosifovna, Serov Vladimir Alexandrovich, Sinyavsky Andrey Donatovich (Abram Tertz), Sobolev Leonid Sergeevich, Solzhenitsyn Alexander Isaevich, Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich, Surkov Alexey Alexandrovich, Suslov Mikhail Andreevich, Tvardovsky Alexander Trifonovich, Terekhov Dmitry Pavlovich, Fedin Konstantin Alexandrovich, Freifeld A.A., Furtseva Ekaterina Alekseevna, Kharlamov, Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolaevich, Khrushchev Nikita Sergeevich, Chakovsky Alexander Borisovich, Sharipov Adi Sharipovich, Shestakov
1989
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Солженицын Александр Исаевич
28. Article by Latynina A. “Solzhenitsyn and us” in the magazine “New World” No. 1, 1990, pp. 241-258.
9 листов, 18 изображений, газетная/журнальная вырезка, файл (присоединённый)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Сахаров Андрей Дмитриевич
79. Memoirs of A.D. Sakharov, published in the magazine “Znamya” No. 10, 11, 12 for 1990.
79 листов, 158 изображений, газетная/журнальная вырезка, файл (присоединённый)
* Egor Vasilievich, * Zinaida Pavlovna, * Raya, Avakyan, Agrest Matest Mendelevich, Adamsky Viktor Borisovich, Adzhubey (Khrushcheva) Rada Nikitichna, Alexandrov Anatoly Petrovich, Alexandrov Anatoly Sergeevich, Alexandrovich V.A., Alekseeva Liza, Alikhanov Abram Isaakovich, Alpert Yakov Lvovich, Altshuler Lev Vladimirovich, Amdursky, Andronikov Irakli Luarsabovich, Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich, Arnold Igor Vladimirovich, Artsimovich Lev Andreevich, Akhmatova Anna Andreevna, Babenysheva Marina, Bavli, Balashov F.P., Bandrovskaya Valentina Vladimirovna, Barenblatt Grigory Isaakovich, Barenblatt Isaac Grigorievich, Bashun Anatoly, Becker Anna Pavlovna, Belenky Semyon Zakharovich, Bellegarde Sergei Konstantinovich, Beria Lavrenty Pavlovich, Bernstein Bob, Bethe Hans Albrecht, Blokhintsev Dmitry Ivanovich, Bludov Mikhail Ivanovich, Boborykin Petr Dmitrievich, Bogolyubov Nikolai Nikolaevich, Bonner Elena Georgievna, Bonner Ruf Grigorievna, Bor Nils, Boshyan Gevork Mnatsakanovich, Brekhovskikh Leonid Maksimovich, Bronshtein Matvey Petrovich, Bukovsky Vladimir Konstantinovich, Bulganin Nikolay Alexandrovich, Butaeva, Bukharin Nikolai Ivanovich, Bykov Konstantin Mikhailovich, Bane N.P., Vavilov Nikolay Ivanovich, Vavilov Sergey Ivanovich, Vannikov Boris Lvovich, Vasilevsky Alexander Mikhailovich, Veksler Vladimir Iosifovich, Veresaev (Smidovich) Vikenty Vikentievich, Witt Alexander Adolfovich, Vikhirev Alexey Ivanovich, Vikhireva Zinaida Alekseevna, Vikhireva Klavdiya Alekseevna, Vikhireva (Snezhkina) Matryona Alekseevna, Vishnevsky B., Vladimirsky K.V., Vlasov Anatoly Alexandrovich, Volpin (Yesenin-Volpin) Alexander Sergeevich, Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich, Vrublevsky, Vyshinsky Andrey Yanuarievich, Gavrilov Viktor Yulianovich, Gagarin Yuri Alekseevich, Galanskov Yury Timofeevich, Galich (Ginzburg) Alexander Arkadevich, Gamov Georgy Antonovich, Geilikman Boris Tovievich, Gelfand Israel Moiseevich, Gelfand Israel Moiseevich, Henry Ernst (Rostovsky Semyon Nikolaevich, Khentov Leonid (Leib) Abramovich), Georgadze Mikhail Porfirievich, Gershtein Semyon Solomonovich, Gessen Elena, Ginzburg Alexander Ilyich, Ginzburg Vitaly Lazarevich, Ginzburg Evgenia Semenovna (Solomonovna), Gnedin (Gelfand) Evgeny Alexandrovich, Goldenweiser Alexander Borisovich, Goldenweiser (Sofiano) Anna Alekseevna, Goldenweiser Tatyana Borisovna, Gorkin Alexander Fedorovich, Gribov Vladimir Naumovich, Green Ashbel, Guryanov Pavel, Davidenko Viktor Alexandrovich, Dyson Freeman, Daniel Yuly Markovich, Dankov S.M., Degtyar Mikhail Borisovich, Dekanozov Vladimir Georgievich, Dzhelepov Venedikt Petrovich, Dzerzhinsky Felix Edmundovich, Dirac Paul Adrien Maurice, Dmitriev Nikolay Alexandrovich, Dobrovolsky Alexey Alexandrovich, Dometti Aglaida Alexandrovna, Drell Sydney David, Dubinin Nikolay Petrovich, Yezhov Nikolay Ivanovich, Zhdanov Andrey Alexandrovich, Zhivlyuk Yury Nikolaevich, Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich, Zababakhin Evgeny Ivanovich, Zavenyagin Avraamy Pavlovich, Zaitseva Dusya, Zverev (not a real name), Zeldovich Yakov Borisovich, Zubarev Dmitry Nikolaevich, Zubarev Dmitry Nikolaevich, Zysin Yuri Aronovich, Ivanov Anatoly Mikhailovich, Izraileva Rebekka Izrailevna, Ilyichev Leonid Fedorovich, Ilyushin Alexey Antonovich, Ioffe Boris Lazarevich, Kaganovich Lazar Moiseevich, Kalugina Faina Petrovna, Kapitsa Petr Leonidovich, Kassirsky Iosif Abramovich, Kaftanov Sergey Vasilievich, Katsnelson, Keldysh Mstislav Vsevolodovich, Kennedy John Fitzgerald, Kikoin Isaak Konstantinovich (real patronymic Kushelevich), Kirillin Vladimir Alekseevich, Kirov Sergey Mironovich, Kirov Sergey Mironovich, Kline Edward, Kletenik D.V., Klimov Valentin Nikolaevich, Kobzarev Igor Yurievich, Kobulov Bogdan Zakharovich, Kozlov Boris Nikolaevich, Kozlov Frol Romanovich, Kolmogorov Andrei Nikolaevich, Kompaneets Alexander Solomonovich, Robert Conquest, Korolev Sergei Pavlovich, Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich, Kosygin Alexey Nikolaevich, Creek Francis, Kruglov Sergey Nikiforovich, Kudryavtsev Vsevolod Alexandrovich, Kudryavtsev Oleg Vsevolodovich, Kudryavtseva Olga Yakovlevna, Kuznetsov Viktor Vasilievich, Kunin Petr Efimovich, Kurchatov Igor Vasilievich, Lavrentiev Alexey Lavrentievich, Lavrentyev Mikhail Alekseevich, Lakoba Saria Akhmedovna, Lakoba Nestor Apollonovich, Landau Lev Davidovich, Landsberg Grigory Samuilovich, Lashkova Vera Iosifovna, Lashkova Vera Iosifovna, Lbov Alexander, Lebedinsky Alexander Ignatievich, Leypunsky Ovsey Ilyich, Lenin (Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich, Leontovich Mikhail Alexandrovich, Leperovsky, Lepeshinskaya Olga Borisovna, Linde Andrey Dmitrievich, Linde Dmitry Pavlovich, Lifshits Evgeniy Mikhailovich, Lifshits Ilya Mikhailovich, Lurie Richard, Lysenko Trofim Denisovich, Lvov Nikolay, Maksimov Vladimir Emelyanovich (Lev Alekseevich Samsonov), Malenkov Georgy Maximilianovich, Malik Yakov Alexandrovich, Malinovskaya Elena, Malinovsky Alexander Alexandrovich, Malov A.N., Malov N.N., Malyshev Vyacheslav Alexandrovich, Malyshev F.N., Malyshev Fedor Petrovich, Mandelstam Leonid Isaakovich, Mandelstam Sergey Leonidovich, Markish Perets Davidovich, Markov Moisey Alexandrovich, Medvedev Zhores Alexandrovich, Medvedev Roy Alexandrovich, Merkulov Vsevolod Nikolaevich, Meshik Pavel Yakovlevich, Meshcheryakov Mikhail Grigorievich, Migdal Arkady Beinusovich (Benediktovich)., Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich (Ovanesovich), Mitin Mark Borisovich (real name - Gershkovich), Mitkevich Vladimir Fedorovich, Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich, Mikhoels Solomon Mikhailovich, Mlodzeevsky Anatoly Boleslavovich, Moiseev Nikolay Dmitrievich, Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, Moskalenko Kirill Semyonovich, Muzrukov Boris Glebovich, Negin Evgeniy Arkadevich, Nedelin Mitrofan Ivanovich, Nemirovskaya Alexandra (Shurochka), Nemirovsky Pavel Emmanuilovich, Nesmeyanov Alexander Nikolaevich, Nikolsky Mikhail Konstantinovich, Novikov Ivan Kuzmich, Norden Alexander Petrovich, Nuzhdin Nikolay Ivanovich, Obolensky Valerian Valerianovich, Obukhov Alexander Mikhailovich, Okun Lev Borisovich, Olshansky Mikhail Alexandrovich, Oparin Alexander Ivanovich, Oppenheimer Robert, Orlov Yuri, Pablo Neruda (birth name: Ricardo Eliaser Neftali Reyes Basoalto), Pavlov Nikolay Ivanovich, Pavsha I.V., Penkovsky Oleg Vladimirovich, Pervukhin Mikhail Georgievich, Pereverzev Dmitry Semenovich, Perelman Yakov Isidorovich, Petrovsky Boris Vasilievich, Plevako Fedor Nikiforovich, Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna, Plyushch Alexander Lvovich, Pomeranchuk Isaac Yakovlevich, Ponomarev Leonid Ivanovich, Predvoditelev Alexander Savvich, Protopopov A.N., Pumper, Rabinovich Adolf Iosifovich, Rabinovich Evsey Markovich, Rabinovich Matvey Samsonovich, Radek Sofya Karlovna, Rakobolskaya Irina Vyacheslavovna, Ribbentrop Joachim von, Rokotov Yan Timofeevich, Romanov Yuri Alexandrovich, Rothman Tony, Rudanovsky, Rumer Yuri Borisovich, Sahakyan Gurgen Serobovich, Savishchev (Savushchev?) Konstantin, Sakata Shoichi, Samoilov Boris Nikolaevich, Sarkisov Gaek (Gennady) Bogdanovich, Sakharov Andrey Dmitrievich, Sakharov Dmitry Andreevich, Sakharov Dmitry Ivanovich, Sakharov Ivan Ivanovich, Sakharov Ivan Ivanovich, Sakharov Ivan Nikolaevich, Sakharov Mikhail Ivanovich, Sakharov Nikolai Ivanovich, Sakharov Nikolai Ivanovich, Sakharov Sergey Ivanovich, Sakharov Yuri Ivanovich, Sakharova (Domukhovskaya) Maria Petrovna, Sakharova Ekaterina Ivanovna, Sakharova Ekaterina Ivanovna, Sakharova Irina Nikolaevna, Sakharova Lyubov Andreevna, Sakharova (Oliger) Evgenia Alexandrovna, Sakharova (Sofiano) Ekaterina Alekseevna, Sakharova Tatyana Andreevna, Svetlichny Ivan Alekseevich, Sedov Leonid Ivanovich, Semenov Alexey Ivanovich, Semichastny Vladimir Efimovich, Sergievsky, Szilard (Szilard) Leo, Sinai Yakov Grigorievich, Sinyavsky Andrey Donatovich (Abram Tertz), Skryabin Alexander Nikolaevich, Skubur Ekaterina, Slavsky Efim Pavlovich, Slavsky Efim Pavlovich, Smagin Boris, Smirnov Leonid Vasilievich, Snegov Alexey Vladimirovich (Iosif Izrailevich Falikzon), Sofiano Alexey Semenovich, Sofiano Vladimir Alekseevich, Sofiano Evgeniy Vladimirovich, Sofiano Konstantin Alekseevich, Sofiano (Mukhanova) Zinaida Evgrafovna, Sofiano Tatyana Alekseevna, Sofronitsky Vladimir Vladimirovich, Spivak Grigory Veniaminovich, Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich, Suslov Mikhail Andreevich, Takibaev Zhabaga Suleimenovich, Taksar Tamara, Tamm Igor Evgenievich, Teller Edward, Ter-Martirosyan, Timashuk Lidiya Feodosyevna, Timiryazev Arkady Klimentievich, Timofeev-Resovsky (Ressovsky) Nikolai Vladimirovich, Titov German Stepanovich, Tikhonov Andrey Nikolaevich, Truman Harry, Trutnev Yuri Alekseevich, Tupolev Andrey Nikolaevich, Tyutin Igor Viktorovich, Umansky Grisha, Watson James, Ustinov Dmitry Fedorovich, Fabrikant Valentin Aleksandrovich, Faybishenko Vladislav, Farge Yves, Fedorov Evgeniy Konstantinovich, Feinberg Evgeny Lvovich, Feynman Richard Phillips, Feldman Elena, Feodoritov Vyacheslav Petrovich, Feoktistov Lev Petrovich, Fishman David Abramovich, Fomin Petr Fomich, Fradkin Efim Samoilovich, Frank-Kamenetsky David Albertovich, Fuchs Emil Julius Klaus (Klaus Fuchs), Fursov Vasily Stepanovich, Khariton Julius Borisovich, Khaustov Viktor Alexandrovich, Holloway David, Khriplovich Iosif Bentsionovich, Khrushchev Nikita Sergeevich, Zeitlin Yakov, Zinger Alexander Vasilievich, Tsirkov Georgy Alexandrovich, Tsukerman Veniamin Aronovich, Chavchanidze Vladimir Valerianovich, Churchill Winston, Chesnokov Dmitry Ivanovich, Shabat Boris Vladimirovich, Shalnikov Alexander Iosifovich, Shapiro Zorya Yakovlevna, Shaskolskaya Marianna Petrovna, Shafarevich Igor Rostislavovich, Schweitzer Albert, Schweitzer Mikhail Abramovich, Shelkov Vladimir Andreevich, Shepilov Dmitry Trofimovich, Shirkov Dmitry Vasilievich, Shirshov, Shklovsky Iosif Samuilovich, Sholokhov Mikhail Alexandrovich, Shpolsky E.V., Shubin Semyon Petrovich, Shuiskaya Natalia Vasilievna, Shchelkin Kirill Ivanovich, Shcherbakov Alexander Sergeevich, Eisenhower Dwight David, Eikhe Robert Indrikovic, Elsgolts Lev Ernestovich, Engelhardt Vladimir Alexandrovich, Erenburg Ilya Grigorievich, Yukawa Hideki, Yavlinsky, Yaglom Akiva Moiseevich, Yaglom Isaac Moiseevich, Yagoda Genrikh Grigorievich, Yakir Petr Ionovich, Yakovlev Alexander Sergeevich, Yakovlev Dmitry, Yakushkin Nikolay Vyacheslavovich, Yankelevich Efrem Vladimirovich, Yasnov Mikhail Alekseevich
1990
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Сахаров Андрей Дмитриевич
118. Article “The house is empty, and the emptiness is thickening. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov without science and politics” with a fragment of a conversation between journalist Rosta Yu and Bonner E., in the newspaper “Izvestia” No. 239 dated December 14, 1994.