Yuri Samodurov

{{Short description|Russian civil activist, publicist}}

{{family name hatnote|Vadimovich |Samodurov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

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Yuri Vadimovich Samodurov ({{langx|ru|Юрий Вадимович Самоду́ров}}; born 27 September 1951, Moscow)[https://lenta.ru/lib/14181905/ Юрий Самодуров] // Lenta.ru is a Russian civil activist, publicist and public figure, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences.[http://vestnikcivitas.ru/pbls/4116 Кощеево яйцо российской политики][http://www.rufront.ru/materials/5BE13419E4302.html Зачем нивелировать память]

On the lat 1980s Samodurov was one of the founders of the historical and civil rights society Memorial, and author of its first program.[https://echo.msk.ru/blog/samodurov/2360605-echo/ К 30-й годовщине Учредительного cобрания «Мемориала»] From 13 January to 18 June 1993 he was acting director of the Vernadsky State Geological Museum. From 1996 to 2008 he was the director of Sakharov Center.

In 2010, Samodurov signed the appeal Putin Must Go. He is the author of articles for Echo of Moscow,[https://echo.msk.ru/blog/samodurov/ Yuri Samodurov] on Echo of Moscow Kasparov.ru[http://www.site101.mir915bcf08b.comcb.info/author.php?id=4A7AA42403D8C Yuri Samodurov] on Kasparov.ru and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.[https://www.svoboda.org/author/94459.html Yuri Samodurov] on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty