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Anton Nossik
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Anton Borisovich Nossik
4 July 1966 |
| Died | 9 July 2017 (aged 51) Pirogovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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| Other names | Anton Nosik |
| Occupation | manager, public figure, writer, blogger, columnist, editor, journalist |
Anton Borisovich Nossik (Russian: Анто́н Бори́сович Но́сик; 4 July 1966 – 9 July 2017) was a Russian journalist, social activist, and blogger. Many people called him one of the "godfathers" of the Russian Internet, or the first Russian-language blogger. He was a very important person in the early days of the Russian Internet.
Nossik worked as an editor for several big online news websites. These included Vesti.ru, Lenta.ru, Gazeta.ru, and NEWSru.com. He also held important management roles at companies like Rambler and SUP Media. SUP Media owned the popular blogging service LiveJournal. Anton Nossik also started a charity called Pomogi.org. Later, he became a top editor at Bfm.ru and a media director for SUP Media. In 2014, he helped create a research company called Fuzzy cheese.
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Anton Nossik: Life and Work
Early Life and Education
Anton Nossik was born on July 4, 1966. His father, Boris Nossik, was a writer. His mother, Victoria Mochalova, was a language expert. He had a sister named Sandra. The famous artist Ilya Kabakov was his stepfather.
Anton Nossik went to medical school at Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry. However, he became much more famous for his work with online news. In the early 1990s, Nossik lived in Israel and worked for the Jerusalem Post newspaper. He then returned to Russia in 1997.
Speaking Up for Online Freedom
Anton Nossik was a member of the public council for the Russian Jewish Congress. He also helped introduce Creative Commons licenses in Russia in 2008. These licenses allow people to share their creative works more easily.
Nossik was a strong supporter of internet freedom. He often spoke out against rules that limited what people could do or say online in Russia. He believed that the internet should be a place for free speech and new ideas.
In 2014, Nossik wrote an article about the importance of internet freedom. He reminded people that in 1999, the Russian president had promised to protect online freedom. Nossik felt that this promise was no longer being kept. He worried about new laws that could limit what people could say or do on the internet. He believed that the internet was Russia's only area of unlimited free speech.
Death and Legacy
Anton Nossik passed away on July 9, 2017, at the age of 51. He died from a heart attack at a friend's summer house.
After his death, many people shared their memories of Nossik. Bloggers, journalists, and media personalities remembered him as a hard worker. They said he helped build the Russian Internet from the very beginning. Pavel Durov, who created VKontakte and Telegram, said that Nossik always defended the internet and common sense. Galina Timchenko, an editor at the news website Meduza, called Nossik the "founding father of Russian Internet journalism." His work helped shape how people use and experience the internet in Russia today.
See also
- Vesti (Israeli newspaper)
