Elizaveta Glinka

Elizaveta Glinka
Елизавета Глинка
Glinka, 2 weeks before her death
Born
Elizaveta Petrovna Sidorova

(1962-02-20)20 February 1962
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died25 December 2016(2016-12-25) (aged 54)
Black Sea near Sochi, Russia
Occupation(s)Public figure, social worker, medical doctor specialized in palliative medicine
SpouseGleb Glebovich Glinka
AwardsOrder of FriendshipDecoration "For Beneficence"
State Prize of the Russian Federation

Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka (Russian: Елизавета Петровна Глинка, also known as Dr. Liza (Russian: Доктор Лиза); 20 February 1962 – 25 December 2016) was a Russian humanitarian worker and charity activist. She was honoured three times with state awards for her work. Glinka died in the crash of a Russian military plane en route to Syria.[1][2]

Early life

Glinka was born in Moscow. She studied at the Russian National Research Medical Institute in Moscow, graduating in pediatric anesthesiology. In 1986 she emigrated to the US, where she studied palliative care and became involved with the work of hospices. Upon return to Russia, she started working at the First Moscow Hospice, founded by Nuyta Federmesser's mother Vera Millionshikova.[3] In the late 1990s when Glinka's husband, Gleb Glebovich Glinka, was transferred to Kyiv, Ukraine for two years, she moved to Kyiv and worked on creating palliative care in Kyiv's oncology center. In September 2001 with the help of VALE Hospice International she opened the first public hospice in Kyiv. In 2007, when her mother became gravely ill, Glinka returned to Moscow.[4]

Career

Glinka's first charity project began in 1999, when she opened the first public hospice in Kyiv, Ukraine.[5] She later founded the VALE Hospice International fund based in USA[6] and served as a board member of the Vera Hospice Charity Fund in Moscow.[7][4]

In 2007 she founded a humanitarian NGO 'Spravedlivaya Pomoshch' (in English, Fair Care, Fair Aid or Fair Help). The organization worked to support terminally ill cancer patients and underprivileged and homeless people by providing medical supplies, financial and legal aid, and other essential services.[4][8][9] The Fair Care Foundation led numerous public initiatives. The foundation helped the homeless and provided food and medical assistance, offered palliative care programs to gravely ill patients, collected and distributed humanitarian aid to victims of natural disasters.[4]

In January 2012 Glinka along with fifteen other media figures and opposition activists founded the League of Voters as a reaction to the 2011 protests against the election results.[10] Their declared aims included observance of electoral rights, organizing mass marches, training observers and publishing lists of election commissions, including black lists. Shortly after an unplanned tax inspection arrived to the offices of Fair Aid. As a result, all financial assets were frozen for a period of time. On February, 1 they were unblocked, and the Fund continued its work.[11]

The same year Glinka became a member of the federal civil committee of the Civic Platform and supported Mikhail Prokhorov during the 2012 Russian presidential election.[12] Since November, 2012 Glinka was a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights (HRC).[13][14]

Ukraine War

With the outbreak of the War in Donbass Glinka became involved with moving Ukrainian children from territory held by pro-Russian separatists. Children were moved across the state border without permission from authorities, leading to accusations of child abduction from Ukrainian government officials.[1]

Her organisation was also active in providing medical supplies, equipment and food to hospitals in Donetsk and Luhansk, however Glinka complained that the customs checks for their convoys of trucks were slow and onerous and delayed delivery of the supplies.[15][16] Despite Russian military forces taking part in the war, Glinka said that she didn't see Russian troops in Donetsk and that the conflict was a civil war.[17][18]

Awards

In 2012 Glinka received the Order of Friendship award, and in 2015 the Decoration "For Beneficence".[19][20] In December 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin presented her with another national award, the State Prize of the Russian Federation, for outstanding achievements in charity and human rights activities.[21]

Death

Glinka died in the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash on 25 December 2016, while travelling to Latakia to deliver medical supplies to Tishreen University Hospital.[22][23] The criminal case on the crash was closed in 2019 due to the absence of a crime.[24]

Personal life

Glinka was married to a bankruptcy attorney, Gleb Glinka.[5]

Legacy

After her death, Doctor Liza's Foundation 'Spravedlivaya Pomosh' kept working, in a few years it was expanded and registered as an International Fund. With the time, psychological help was added along with socialization initiatives to reintroduce former homeless people to the society. .[25] On February 20, 2018, the new charity fund 'Doctor Liza' was established by her former colleagues, Gleb Glinka was invited to head the Board.[26] Liza's friend Lana Jurkina founded 'House of Friends' charity organization that also helps the homeless people.[14]

Glinka was known to be friends with British journalist Graham Phillips, who made a film about Glinka, after her death. [27] [28]

Awards, honours, and tributes

  • May 2, 2012: Order of Friendship[29]
  • 2014: International award "Faith and Faithfulness" awarded by the St. Andrew The Apostle Foundation, where the award committee is led by the cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Oleg Atkov. The award ceremony is held in Kremlin. This award is perceived as "a symbol of public recognition of merits before Fatherland in strengthening statehood, union with countries friendly with Russia, and the restrengthening of spirituality".[30]
  • 2014: "Своя колея" - an award for people who are true to their values awarded by the Vladimir Vysotsky Foundation, Russian Ministry of Culture and the Culture Committee of the city of Moscow;[31]
  • March 23, 2015: Decoration "For Beneficence"[32] - decorated by Vladimir Putin. During the ceremony Glinka thanked him "on behalf of hundreds of mothers Donetsk and Donetsk region, which have been taken out of the combat zone thanks to his decree";[33]
  • 2015: Order of Saint Luke - award for care ordered by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate;[34]
Glinka with Vladimir Putin, December 2016
  • 2016: State Prize of the Russian Federation. In December 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin presented her with another national award for outstanding achievements in charity and human rights activities.[21]
  • 2017: The rock-festival "Different People" («Разные люди») was dedicated to her memory.[35]

After her death different Russian ministers and Chechen pro-Russian leaders announced the naming of health and care institutions after Glinka:

In March 2021 a monument to Doctor Liza was opened in Russian Krasnogorsk near the children rehabilitation centre.[39]

Portrayals

  • Glinka and her work were the subject of documentary films: "Doctor Liza" (“Доктор Лиза”) by Elena Pogrebizhskaya.[40][41] "Вокзал по средам" by Olga Maurynova and "Встреча" by Margarita Kuklina.[42]
  • A day of Glinka's life was portrayed in the 2020 film Doctor Liza, directed by Oksana Karas and starring Chulpan Khamatova as Glinka.

References

  1. ^ a b Russian plane crash: The victims, BBC News (27 December 2016)
  2. ^ Litvinova, Daria (26 December 2016). "The Time She Didn't Come Back Alive". The Moscow Times.
  3. ^ Eroshok, Z. (27 October 2014). "Лиза ГЛИНКА (Доктор Лиза) о том, как помогать людям, чьи убеждения тебе чужды" [Liza Glinka: How to Help people whose Ideas are Alien to You] (in Russian). Novaya Gazeta. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Глинка, Елизавета Петровна" [Glinka, Elizaveta Petrovna] (in Russian). TASS. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b ""Dr. Liza" dies in Russian crash: Rutland Herald Online". www.rutlandherald.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. ^ Page at FirstGiving
  7. ^ Fund management on the official Vera page (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Фонд Доктора Лизы продолжает вести проект "Вокзал по средам" для бездомных" [Doctor Liza's Foundation Continues Project 'Wednesday Help'] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. ^ Polonskaya, L. (25 November 2021). "Не холодные времена" (in Russian). philanthropy.ru. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ League of Voters not to support individual politicians or parties by Russian News Agency TASS, 18 January 2012
  11. ^ Federal Tax Service froze financial assets of Dr. Liza's charity fund article by Gazeta.ru, 1 February 2012 (in Russian)
  12. ^ Post-election schism in Russia’s opposition parties at Russia Beyond The Headlines, 9 November 2012
  13. ^ President's decree № 1513 from 12 November 2012 at Kremlin.ru (in Russian)
  14. ^ a b Shenkman, J. (10 January 2022). "Лана Журкина: "Героизм — это затыкание дыр"" [Lana Jurkina: 'We're Heroically Plugging Holes'] (in Russian). Novaya Gazeta. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Doctor Lisa will bring to the Russian Federation of 18 children from Donbass". news.rin.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Fund Dr. Lisa came for a check". news.rin.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  17. ^ Dr. Liza: I have nothing to say to my critics and advisers interview by the Orthodoxy and Peace website, 31 October 2014 (in Russian)
  18. ^ US Nato general fears rapid Russian troop deployments, BBC News (20 June 2016)
  19. ^ "Доктор Лиза награждена знаком отличия "За благодеяние"" (in Russian). Miloserdie.ru. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Не было такой и не будет: к годовщине смерти Елизаветы Глинки" [There Will be No One Like Her: Doctor Liza Death Anniversary] (in Russian). Russian State Duma. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  21. ^ a b Yegorov, Oleg (26 December 2016). "For life and against war: How Russia will remember Yelizaveta Glinka". Russia Beyond The Headlines. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  22. ^ "СМИ сообщили об опознании Доктора Лизы среди жертв крушения Ту-154" [Doctor Liza's Remains Identified among Victims of Tu-154 crash] (in Russian). RBC. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  23. ^ "На Ту-154 находились доктор Лиза и военный дирижер Валерий Халилов" [Doctor Liza was onboard of crashed Tu-154] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  24. ^ Smirnov, S. (19 December 2019). "Дело об авиакатастрофе доктора Лизы закрыто, постановление засекречено" (in Russian). The Bell. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Благотворительный фонд "Справедливая помощь Доктора Лизы" сменит руководство" ['Spravedlivaya Pomosh' Charity Foundation Renamed in Doctor Liza's Honour] (in Russian). Interfax. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  26. ^ Ivanushkin, G. (29 March 2019). "Последователи: как продолжается работа Доктора Лизы" (in Russian). Agency of Social Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  27. ^ Грэм Филлипс снимет фильм про Доктора Лизу для британцев и американцев [Graham Phillips is making a film about Doctor Liza for a British and American audience] (in Russian). 2017.
  28. ^ "ENGLISH-LANGUAGE "DR. LIZA" DOCUMENTARY TO BE FILMED". 24 January 2017.
  29. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 2 мая 2012 года № 548 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  30. ^ "Доктор Лиза и Евгений Примаков получили премию Андрея Первозванного". РИА Новости. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  31. ^ "В Москве назвали лауреатов премии "Своя колея"". ТАСС. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  32. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 марта 2015 года № 151 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  33. ^ "Елизавета Глинка была награждена знаком отличия "За благодеяние"". РИА Новости. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  34. ^ "Украинская церковь наградила Доктора Лизу орденом святого Луки". РИА Новости. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  35. ^ "В Москве по инициативе Бориса Гребенщикова состоится рок-фестиваль в память о Докторе Лизе". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  36. ^ a b "Именем Елизаветы Глинки назовут больницу Минобороны". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  37. ^ "Several Russian hospitals to be named after Elizaveta Glinka". russkiymir.ru. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  38. ^ "Детскому военному санаторию в Крыму присвоили имя Елизаветы Глинки". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  39. ^ "Памятник Доктору Лизе установили в Подмосковье" [Monument to Doctor Liza Opened in Moscow Region] (in Russian). Interfax. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  40. ^ ""Потому что честно". На Хитровке прошел показ фильма о Елизавете Глинке" ['Because its Fair': Documentary on Doctor Liza Shown in Khitrovka] (in Russian). Higher School of Economics. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  41. ^ "В Москве вспоминают Доктора Лизу" (in Russian). Agency of Social Information. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  42. ^ "Три фильма о докторе Лизе (видео)". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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