Suren Gazaryan
{{Short description|Russian zoologist}}
{{Expand Russian|topic=bio|date=April 2021}}
{{expand Ukrainian|topic=bio|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Suren Gazaryan
| image = Suren_Gazaryan.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Krasnodar, USSR
| citizenship = Russia
| education = Kuban State University
| occupation = Chiropterologist, environmentalist, politician, zoologist
| awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2014)
}}
Suren Gazaryan (born Suren Vladimirovich Gazaryan, {{langx|ru|Сурен Владимирович Газарян}}) (born 8 July 1974) is a Russian zoologist, dissident, public figure, and former member of The Environmental Watch on North Caucasus.{{Cite web|title=ОБ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ВАХТЕ {{!}} Экологическая Вахта по Северному Кавказу|url=http://ewnc.org/ewnc_about|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=ewnc.org}} He is a member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. He was awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014.{{Cite web|date=April 28, 2014|title=Exiled environmental activist speaks of 'impossibility' of protest in Russia|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/28/russia-environmental-protest-suren-gazaryan|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Suren Gazaryan|url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/suren-gazaryan/|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=Goldman Environmental Foundation|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=December 17, 2015|title=Suren Gazaryan|url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/suren-gazaryan|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=Front Line Defenders|language=en}}
Life
Gazaryan was born on 8 July 1974 in Krasnodar. In 1996, he graduated from Kuban State University, and in 2001 he completed postgraduate studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|title=Газарян, Сурен Владимирович – Эколого-фаунистический анализ населения рукокрылых (Chiroptera) Западного Кавказа : диссертация ... кандидата биологических наук : 03.00.08 – Search RSL|url=https://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01002305992|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=search.rsl.ru}} In 2001, he was also elected chairman of the commission for the protection of caves of the Russian Union of Cavers.{{Cite web|title=Gazaryan Suren|url=http://zmmu.msu.ru/bats/person/suren.html|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=zmmu.msu.ru}}
In 2014, he was granted asylum in Estonia.{{Cite web |title=Russian Environmental Activist Granted Asylum In Estonia |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-activist--gazaryan-gazarian-estonia-asylum/25015788.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}