40 years ago, a refusenik made art of the Soviet Jewish tragedy. At 82, he is seeing its first English translation. David Shrayer-Petrov’s “Doctor Levitin” was the first published work of literature on the refusenik experience. By Penny Schwartz December 18, 2018 4:42 pm
Maria Slepak, former Soviet refusenik, dies She shared her husband Vladimir's exile in Siberia before they were permitted to leave the Soviet Union for Israel — 17 years after they first applied for an exit visa. September 7, 2017 3:36 pm
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, a former Soviet refusenik, addresses Russian parliament Edelstein, imprisoned on trumped-up drug charges because he was teaching Hebrew, spent three years doing hard labor in Siberian camps. June 28, 2017 4:19 pm
