ABSTRACT
Born and raised in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), where he was trained as a computer scientist, Valerii Zavorotnyi has been actively involved in the city’s democratic movement since 1988 as a participant, political observer, and commentator. Over the years he has tried his hand at various professions—filmmaker, computer scientist, sculptor, writer—before turning to public life. His writings on public affairs appeared in numerous Leningrad publications during the Gorbachev years.
