Nadezhda Andreevna Tolokonnikova positions herself as a philosopher, feminist, human rights activist. But many people ask a reasonable question - why does she choose rather controversial methods to protect someone’s rights and interests, which usually cause a negative reaction in society?
Nadezhda Andreevna Tolokonnikova is a rather extraordinary personality, in a sense, a modern revolutionary, eager to redraw both politics and society, a convinced feminist. But here are the methods of manifesting their beliefs that Hope uses rarely bring the desired results, rather complicate her life, set up a society against her. So who is she - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - a defender of women's rights or a shocking person "against all and against everything"?
Who is Nadezhda Tolokonnikova - biography
Nadezhda was born in the family of an ambulance doctor and teacher at a music school on November 7, 1989, in Norilsk. When the father decided to go into business and move to Moscow, the parents broke up - Nadia's mother did not want to leave her hometown. But little Nadia did not remain without the attention of the pope, he took an active part in her upbringing, dreamed that her daughter entered the Moscow State University.
Nadia spent most of her childhood with her mother, a powerful and powerful woman. It was she who insisted on receiving, besides the basic education, also a musical one, instilled in her daughter a love of literature and history, philosophy. Moreover, my mother supported the young rebel in every possible way, helped to avoid the troubles in which Nadia constantly fell, taking part in various youth protests.
The father also had a significant influence on the development of his daughter - he introduced her to the works of Vladimir Sorokin, took her to exhibitions of Prigov’s paintings, and brought him personally with the conceptual poet Rubinstein. Instead of magazines for girls, Nadia read Kommersant.
Social Activities of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
In 2007, Nadezhda moved to Moscow, entered the Moscow State University, where she became one of the founders of the art group "War". Together with like-minded people, Nadezhda held protest rallies - sometimes in support of street art, then in support of employees of the famous fast food chain. But here the forms of manifestation of the conviction and positions of the art group were somewhat extraordinary - the shareholders threw homeless animals, staged orgies, walked naked through the streets of the capital.
In 2011, Tolokonnikova, together with her friends, organized the rock group Pussy Riot, and brought her "anger" into the Orthodox Church and the current government. The shares were just as "bright", as a result of which Nadezhda and her two friends - Masha Alekhina and Katya Samutsevich - were in the dock.
The trial and its outcome (Tolokonnikova and Alekhine received a real term of imprisonment - 2 years each), attracted the attention of foreign "colleagues." With the demand to mitigate the punishment were such celebrities as Madonna, Stephen Fry, Peter Gabriel and others. Moreover, according to some world-class publications, Tolokonnikova became the “Woman of the Year”.
