as a vibrant, intelligent woman who loved reading and writing poetry, spending time with her grandchildren, and chain-smoking acrid Russian cigarettes. She spent much of her life fighting for democracy and prisoners' rights in the Soviet Union, but her ties to Boston ran deep: She split time between Moscow and an apartment in Brookline from 1989 until her death.from The Boston Globe: Elena Bonner, 88, voice for freedom in Soviet Union, Russia
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