Background
Brailovskii, Viktor was born in 1935.
Brailovskii, Viktor was born in 1935.
Trained as a cyberneticist. His career ended when he tried to emigrate in the early 1970s. Organized seminars in Moscow for refusenik scientists.
Arrested in November 1980 and sentenced to 5 years’ internal exile. Released in 1984, and continued his fight for his right to emigrate. Became a cause celebre and eventually was allowed to leave for Israel in 1987.