Dina Isaakovna Kaminskaya | |
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| Дина Исааковна Каминская | |
.jpg) Dina Kaminskaya in Munich, 1978 | |
| Born | (1919-01-13)January 13, 1919 |
| Died | July 7, 2006(2006-07-07) (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union, United States |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Human rights activism with participation in theMoscow Helsinki Group |
| Movement | Dissident movement in the Soviet Union |
| Spouse | Konstantin Simis |
| Children | Dimitri K. Simes |
Dina Isaakovna Kaminskaya (Russian:Ди́на Иса́аковна Ками́нская, 13 January 1919,Yekaterinoslav – 7 July 2006,Falls Church, Virginia) was a lawyer and human rights activist in theSoviet Union who was forced to emigrate in 1977 to avoid arrest. She and her husband moved to theUnited States. She was born to Jewish family inYekaterinoslav.
The writerYuli Daniel engaged Kaminskaya as his lawyer when, in December 1965, he was prosecuted withAndrei Sinyavsky, but the state refused to allow her to speak up in court on his behalf. She went on to defend - as far as the Soviet authorities would let her in a legal system designed as an instrument of Soviet power -Vladimir Bukovsky in 1967. She also defendedYuri Galanskov (who would die in a Soviet labour camp),Anatoly Marchenko (who would also die in camp),Larisa Bogoraz andPavel Litvinov, and theCrimean Tatar activistMustafa Jemilev.
Kaminskaya was prevented from defending Bukovsky in his 1971 trial andSergei Kovalyov in 1975. In 1977, after being stripped of her license to practice as a lawyer, she was barred from defendingAnatoly Shcharansky. On account of her political defense work Kaminskaya was forced into exile in 1977.[1]
Kaminskaya's bookFinal Judgment: my life as a Soviet defense attorney translated byMichael Glenny was published in English in 1982.[2][3] In 1984, the book was published in Russian under the titleLawyer's Notes.[4]
The recent publication ofStars of Advocacy[5] qualifies Dina Kaminskaya andSofia Kallistratova as stars of the legal profession in Soviet Russia.
Kaminskaya was married to Konstantin Simis and they had one son,Dimitri K. Simes. She died inFalls Church, Virginia.
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