Arkady Abramovich Ruderman (, ; 7 January 1950 – 22 September 1992) was a

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ian documentary filmmaker who was killed during the

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in 1992.

Biography

Arkady Ruderman was born in 1950 in

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, capital of the

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.Рудерман, Аркадий Абрамович
/ref> Ruderman first gained fame in the

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in 1988 for his reporting on attempts by the communist authorities of BSSR to play down the

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celebration of the

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ish

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. Ruderman went on to direct several documentaries about the underside of the Soviet Union. His work won him accolades at the 1988 and 1989 Soviet film festivals. In November 1988 Ruderman was the first Russian TV journalist to interview

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, the former leader of

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who was deposed by Soviet forces after the

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uprising of 1968. In September 1992 Ruderman traveled to

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to film a documentary for Ostankino about Davlat Khudonazarov, a fellow filmmaker and opposition candidate in the 1991 Tajikistani presidential elections. At the time the

was raging and journalists had become the target of murder. On 22 September 1992 Ruderman was killed while traveling by car along the road from Nurek Dam to the capital

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, an area that at the time was experiencing heavy fighting between government and opposition forces. The government ruled Ruderman's death a vehicular accident, but the circumstances surrounding his death continue to be questioned and the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations suspects he may be one of the journalists murdered in Tajikistan.

Filmography

* 1989 - ''Recrimination'' or ''The Counter-claim'' with Yury Khashchevatsky. * 1985 - ''Who Will Correct Demeter's Error?'' (''Kto Ispravit Oshibku Demetry?'')

References

External links

Memorium page at CJES for Arcady Ruderman (Russian)
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Biography

Filmography

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