Sergey Khazov-Kassia - about Valeria Novodvorskaya Valeria Ilyinichna... She was 19 when, in 1969, from the balcony of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, she scattered leaflets calling for the violent overthrow of the Soviet regime, with which she did not stop fighting until the end of her life.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Valeria Novodvorskaya We are in grief. Valeria Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya left. The most direct and sincere person I have ever known. She spoke loudly what we whispered about. She didn't put up with what we put up with. We started calling her strange. In fact, we are strange, our society, obediently going to the abyss. Not enough strength to fight? So at least don’t walk with your feet, shout, let them drag you! Maybe someone will be saved then.

120 years ago, a boy Isaac, the son of a merchant Emmanuel Bobel was born in Odessa The boy had a hard life. At first, Isaac was not taken to the Odessa Commercial School (there was not enough Jewish percentage quota: 10% - for the "settled manner", 5% - beyond its borders and 3% for both capitals). I had to study at home for a year. Then they did not take the University to Odessa (again because of the quota), I had to study at the Kiev Institute of Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Katerina Gordeeva - about Valeria of Novodvorskaya There are such families, female. As if there are no men. Or they go somewhere, insignificant shadows, parallel to the main plot and without affecting it. But women are extremely important. And from a woman to a woman, such a family usually develops to grow the most important woman. And stop. She had such a family, probably. Once she told me how long a long time ago, in Baranavichy, she thought about one boy that he was he.

In the editorial office of The New Times, a tradition appeared in 2014: to invite our authors to meet with readers. The first was the meeting with Valeria Novodvorskaya Valeria Novodvorskaya communicates with readers as amended by The New Times April 14, 2014

Valeria Novodvorskaya - about Nabokov and Freedom Vladimir Nabokov. GSTAAD, Switzerland, 1971 /Photo: Horst Tappe Fondation /Fotodom We never thought that we would be so needed. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, gentleman, entomologist, exile, individualist and classic. Aristocrat in blood and spirit, an irreconcilable fighter with totalitarianism. 115 years ago, April 22, 1899, he was born in a luxurious St. Petersburg mansion. He had proper heredity. Three generations of liberals.

About how the genius of Napoleon changed the world This is the last column of Valeria Novodvorskaya: she dictated it on June 28, in advance, for the first postal issue of The New Times. July 12 she was gone. As she felt ... She was contrary to the performance of many with a very organized person, she never broke the deadlines and wrote exactly in size. Trouble: there will be no more new speakers "Napoleon in burning Moscow." Jacques Onfrud de Breville.

In the editorial office of The New Times, a tradition appeared in 2014: to invite our authors to meet with readers. The first was the meeting with Valeria Novodvorskaya Valeria Novodvorskaya communicates with readers as amended by The New Times April 14, 2014 Valeria Novodvorskaya: The magazine not so long ago judges a crazy fine imposed: and all in attempts to hide the facts of plagiarism in dissection.

Alexander Arkhangelsky, literary critic: Valery Novodvorskaya died, who lived her life, as she wanted, and not as prescribed. May the earth be in fluff. Elena Chekalova, journalist: I just read about the death of Valeria Novodvorskaya. I'm in shock, friends, and in sorrow. For all the oddity for many, Valery was a talented educated, very decent and fearless person. Absolute extraordinary, a titanic personality, of those units that are ready to live without sacrificing a drop of their beliefs.

Lera, Lera ... Well, where are you? How is it without you? Why didn’t they call, didn’t they say that it’s bad? Why, Lera? We lived together - 331 numbers, 7 years and 6 months, and in each - your column. And how now? She lived a terrible life. They tried three times, twice in prison of the Lefortovo KGB, two years of the terrible Kazan “Special Psychiatric Hospital”, 17 administrative arrests ...

Resistance recipes from Soviet political prisoners ## What is fear, political fear, which makes a potential citizen sit in a corner, like a mouse under a broom, whatever social disasters? What is the formula of creep and silence? Just think, Newton's bin! I will tell you without any Mendeleev table: here is such a composer like the Erofeevsky cocktail "Tears of the Komsomolskaya Pravda".

Mikhail Khodorkovsky - about Valeria Novodvorskaya: We have grief. Valeria Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya left. The most direct and sincere person of all I knew. She said loudly what we whispered about. She did not put up with what we put up with. We began to call her strange. In fact, we are strange, our society, dutifully going to the abyss. Fighting strength to fight? So at least do not go with your feet, shout, let them drag! Maybe someone will have time to escape then.

Today, terrible news came: Valeria Novodvorskaya, the famous Russian public figure and our beloved columnist, died in intensive care. Valeria Ilyinichna wrote for The New Times every week. To write her texts, she never used the Internet: she remembered all quotes and dates by heart. For our entire editorial office, this is a huge loss.