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Nationality
  
Russian

Occupation
  
translator


Known for
  
human rights activism

Name
  
Boris Pustyntsev

Boris Pustyntsev

Native name
  
Boris Pavlovich Pustintsev

Born
  
June 2, 1935 (
1935-06-02
)
Vladivostok, Soviet Union

Citizenship
  
Soviet Union (1935–1991) →  Russian Federation (1991–2014)

Movement
  
dissident movement in the Soviet Union

Died
  
March 4, 2014, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Boris Pavlovich Pustyntsev (Russian: Бори́с Па́влович Пусты́нцев, 2 June 1935, Vladivostok – 4 March 2014, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian human rights activist. He was best known as chairman of the charitable organisation St. Petersburg NGO. He was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Soviet Union.

Pustyntsev died after a long illness on 4 March 2014 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was 78 years old.

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Boris Pustyntsev Wikipedia