nahum (naum) moiseyevich korzhavin (; real surname mandel, ; 14 october 1925 – 22 june 2018) was a russian-american poet. he was born in kiev of jewish descent, he worked and lived in boston, massachusetts during most of his career. in 2005 korzhavin participated in "they chose freedom", a four-part television documentary on the history of the soviet dissident movement. he wrote many memoirs and novels about dissidents.