Yosef Begun. Иосиф Зиселевич Бегун

Iosif Ziselovich Begun, sometimes spelled Yosef (born 9 July 1932, Russian: Иосиф Зиселевич Бегун, Hebrew: יוסף ביגון), whose last name is pronounced “bee-goon“ and in Russian literally means “runner,“ is a former Soviet refusenik, prisoner of conscience, human rights activist, author and translator. Over the course of 17 years, Begun was imprisoned three times and spent over eight years in prisons and labor camps as a political prisoner.[1] He was pardoned and freed in 1987 after political pressure from Jewish political organizations and the U.S. Government. Иосиф Зиселевич Бегун (род. 9 июля 1932, Москва) — диссидент, отказник, узник Сиона, борец за права советских евреев, советский политзаключённый. После эмиграции в Израиль — издатель, основатель и главный редактор издательства «Даат» («Знание»), главный редактор журнала «Новый век».