Anatoly Koryagin
Anatoly Ivanovich Koryagin (Russian: Анато́лий Ива́нович Коря́гин, born 15 September 1938, Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Krai: 111 ) is a psychiatrist and Soviet dissident. He holds a Candidate of Science degree (equivalent to PhD in the West). Along with others, he exposed political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union. He pointed out Russia constructed psychiatric prisons to punish dissidents.
Anatoly Ivanovich Koryagin | |
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| Анатолий Иванович Корягин | |
| Born | 15 September 1938 Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union (1938–1991)→ Russia (1991–present) |
| Alma mater | the Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute |
| Occupation(s) | psychiatrist, human rights activist |
| Known for | his participation in the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes and struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union |
| Awards | honorary membership of the World Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Association, fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | the Kyzyl regional psychiatric hospital, the Kharkiv regional psychiatric hospital, the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes |
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