Andrej Amalrik
May 12, 1938 – November 12, 1980
Place of Birth:
Moscow
Place of Death:
Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik (Андре́й Алексе́евич Ама́льрик, 12 May 1938, Moscow – 12 November 1980, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain), alternatively spelled Andrei or Andrey, was a Russian writer and dissident.
Amalrik was best known in the Western world for his essay, Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?