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Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי; Russian: Натан Щаранский; Ukrainian: Натан Щаранський; born 20 January 1948) is an Israeli politician, human rights activist, and author.
Learn about Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet dissident, Israeli politician and human rights activist. Discover his life story, from his imprisonment and release in the USSR to his roles in The Jewish Agency and the Israeli government.
Natan Sharansky's Biography. Natan Sharansky was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. He was a spokesman for the human rights movement, a Prisoner of Zion and leader in the struggle for the right of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel.
Natan Sharansky is a former Soviet dissident and refusenik whose fight for freedom made him a symbol of the repression of Jews under communism and an international icon of the struggle for human rights.
(1948 - ) Natan Sharansky is one of the most famous former Soviet refusniks and an Israeli politician, author and human rights activist. Sharansky (born January 20, 1948) was born and raised in the Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union), and graduated with a degree in mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
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On December 10, 2019, The Genesis Prize Foundation announced Natan Sharansky as the 2020 recipient of the Genesis Prize. In choosing Sharansky from a list of 250 nominees, the Selection Committee noted his extraordinary lifelong struggle for political and religious freedoms, emphasizing the relevance of his work in today’s world.
Jan 3, 2014 · 3 January 2014. Chess kept Russian human rights activist Natan Sharansky sane throughout his imprisonment by the Soviets, writes David Edmonds. "Don't disturb me, I'm playing chess." Natan...
