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Diana Vinkovetsky
Diana Vinkovetsky graduated from Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Univesity, Russia, with M.S. in Geography and Ph.D. in Geomorphology. She was working in geological expedition in Kazakh...view moreDiana Vinkovetsky graduated from Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Univesity, Russia, with M.S. in Geography and Ph.D. in Geomorphology. She was working in geological expedition in Kazakhstan and teaching at St. Petersburg Univesity. Together with her husband Yakov Vinkovetsky she was involved in struggle for political freedom between intelligentsia and KGB, involving arrests and house searches. After immigrating to the USA she worked for Virginia Tech University, Exxon Corporation, and Boston University. After Yakov tragically died she remarried to Leonid Perlovsky. Diana published five books in Russian, which received two literary prizes and highest acclaims from Nobel prize laureates and common people. Her motto: “Don’t be afraid to love what you love.”view less