Alla Gerber

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Alla Gerber

Alla Yefremovna Gerber (Russian : А́лла Ефре́мовна Ге́рбер, born 3 January 1932 in Moscow) is a Russian politician, journalist and film critic.

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Life

In 1955, Alla Gerber graduated from the faculty of law of the Moscow State University. In the following years she worked as a lawyer and a journalist. First, she worked for Moskovskij Komsomolets and was a correspondent of the literary magazine Yunost and the newspapers Izvestia , Literaturnaya Gazeta and Moskovskaya Pravda . Since 1963 she has written over 1000 articles and 8 books. She is also a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and former member of the USSR Union of Writers. [1]

Political commitment

In the Duma she dealt, among others, with laws in the following areas:

Awards and honors

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References

  1. CV of Alla Gerber Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (Russian)
  2. Institute for the Economy in Transition (English)