Word: semyonova
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...conference I gave on Oct. 2, 1975, in Florence, to discuss the Italian publication of Sakharov's My Country and the World. I was asked to talk about women in political camps. I didn't speak about the human rights activists who were in the camp, but about Maria Semyonova. This woman, a member of the True Orthodox Church, had spent almost her entire life in camps. I referred to her "tragic fate." While I was not speaking of just or unjust sentencing or anything else about the verdicts, I did use the word tragic. This was said...
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