1. Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin is a Russian anti-cult activist.
21 Facts About Alexander Dvorkin
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Alexander Dvorkin is currently professor of department of missiology at that university.
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On 6 March 1977 Alexander Dvorkin emigrated from the USSR on an Israeli visa.
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Alexander Dvorkin did not go to Israel, but went to the United States.
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In 1978, Alexander Dvorkin became a student at Hunter College, where he continued to study Russian literature.
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Alexander Dvorkin was baptized on 19 January 1980 in Christ the Savior Church, a New York parish of the Orthodox Church in America.
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Alexander Dvorkin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Literature from Hunter College in 1980.
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In late 1988, Alexander Dvorkin moved to Washington, DC, where he worked at the bureau of the Voice of America radio station.
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In 1991, Alexander Dvorkin moved to Germany and started working as an editor for Radio Liberty in Munich.
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At this work Alexander Dvorkin encountered some new religious movements, primarily the "Mother of God center", a homegrown Russian sect.
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In 1993, Alexander Dvorkin coined the term "totalitarian sect," which would become the catch-all label for new religious movements.
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Alexander Dvorkin called Hitler along with Lenin "founders of the most evil totalitarian sects".
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Alexander Dvorkin himself gave lectures and numerous interviews to various media.
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Alexander Dvorkin's role was so great that the anti-cult movement in Russia had been largely defined by him; he was called "the enemy number one of religious extremists".
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Alexander Dvorkin has been extremely active in opposing cults and new religious movements through his publications.
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Alexander Dvorkin is currently a professor in the department of missiology at the same university.
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Alexander Dvorkin is a critic of Scientology, which he regards as a dangerous cult.
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Alexander Dvorkin has appeared numerous times on Russian television and many times on television in various Eastern-European countries.
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Alexander Dvorkin has written 15 books and was editor-compiler of a further four.
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Alexander Dvorkin is the author of about 800 articles in 17 languages.
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Alexander Dvorkin is the author of articles about new religious movements in Great Russian Encyclopedia and Orthodox Encyclopedia.