-- 01. USING THIS WEBSITE 1.1 : Abbreviations & Definitions 1.2 : Guided Search -- 02. CCE CONTENTS -- 03. NAME INDEX -- 04. MAPS 02. CONTENTS In Alphabetical Order; Years of Publication (Total reports). See November 2024 "Update", for a brief analysis and explanation of this and the other sections. * [1] Abuse of … Continue reading 02. CCE CONTENTS (’68-’82)
<<No 41 : 3 August 1976>> On the wave of ‘unofficial variety’ of the 1960s a club for unofficial singing was organized in Moscow in 1967 from a group of authors, singers and musicians (who often combined these roles). Now, the Unofficial Song Club [USC] numbers about 200 group members (song clubs in higher educational … Continue reading ‘Unofficial’ Entertainment, Aug ’76 (41.13)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> Documents circulating in Georgian samizdat accuse the present hierarchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church, together with leading officials of the Georgian SSR's government and its KGB, of criminal activities [1]. * SEVEN ITEMS [1] KORIDZE'S REPORT The most important such document is "A Report on Crimes Committed in the … Continue reading Samizdat & the Georgian Patriarchate, ’74 (34.13)
AND Releases (Oct 1976 to Feb 1977) << No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> CAMPS AND PRISONS 17-1 (1) Vladimir Prison. (2) Mordovia. (3) Perm. (4) Other Camps; 17-2 (5) Letters and Statements of Political Prisoners; 17-3 (6) In Defence of Political Prisoners; (7) Releases; 17-4 (8) Political Prisoners in Vladimir Prison. * [6] … Continue reading In Defence of Political Prisoners, ’76-77 (44.17-3)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1979>> On 7 December 1979, Vasyl Stus (CCE 54.14 [17], feature photo) was placed under administrative surveillance for a year [1]. As well as being subject to the standard rules and regulations, he was also “forbidden to visit the domicile in Kiev at 16 Verboloznaya Street" (the home of Oksana … Continue reading After Release, Dec ’79 (55.5)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> EIGHT ITEMS: [1] Investigation of the Superfin Case. As previously reported (CCE 29.4), Gabriel Gavrilovich SUPERFIN was arrested on 3 July 1973, his home was searched and the following items confiscated: notebooks, books in foreign languages including detective stories by Agatha Christie and a literary work to … Continue reading Searches, Arrests, Interrogations: Dec ’73 (30.7)
«No 28 : 31 December 1972» In proceedings which lasted from 18 to 25 December 1972, B.D. Dandaron, a research officer at the Buryat Institute of Social Sciences, USSR Academy of Sciences (Siberian Section), was tried in the October district people’s court, Ulan-Ude. Dandaron was indicted under two Articles of the RSFSR Criminal Code: 227 … Continue reading Dandaron Trial, Dec ’72 (28.6)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> SIX ENTRIES [1] KALINICHENKO Vitaly Vasilyevich KALINICHENKO (b. 1937; CCE 34.8, CCE 41.6-2) was released in March 1976. Kalinichenko (Ukr. Kalynychenko) settled in the Dnepropetrovsk Region at 2 Shchors Street in the town of Vasilkova. Since then, he has been constantly under administrative surveillance: on 6 October, 18 months … Continue reading After Release, Aug ’77 (46.11)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> AN ARREST AND A TRIAL NAZARYAN; SHAGEN ARUTYUNYAN The morning of 22 December 1977 saw the start of a major operation against the Armenian Helsinki Group (CCE 46.15 [13]). Group members Robert Nazaryan, a deacon of the Armenian Apostolic church, and Shagen Arutyunyan, a manual worker, were arrested and … Continue reading Suppress Helsinki Groups: Armenia, ’77-78 (48.6)
<<No 33 : 10 December 1974>> PERM CAMPS A List of those Known to the "Chronicle" 33.6-1. Preface 33.6-2. Prisoners in Camp 35 33.6-3. Prisoners in Camp 36 * PREFACE Some comments are necessary as a preface to this list. [Also see corrections to the lists CCE 35.16.] 1. For easier reference, the prisoners in … Continue reading Perm Prisoners, Dec ’74 (33.6-1)
<<No 41 : 3 August 1976>> 2-1. Lecture by Furin (USSR Council for Religious Affairs) 2-2. A Letter by Lev Regelson and Gleb Yakunin 2-3. A new Way of Fighting Religion (Argentov & Ogorodnikov) 2-4. Evangelical Christians and Baptists 2-5. Pentecostals * In CCE 40.16 [3] there was a short summary of a letter sent … Continue reading Regelson-Yakunin letter, March ’76 (41.2-2)
«Vesti iz SSSR» [R], 1986 (22/23-1; 15 December). On 8 December 1986 Anatoly Tikhonovich MARCHENKO (b. 1938), a political prisoner for many years, died in the maximum-security Chistopol Prison (Tatarstan). * HUNGER STRIKE For several months prior to his death, Marchenko had been on hunger strike, which he began on 8 August 1986 (1986: 17-7). … Continue reading The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (1938-1986)
<<No 52 : 1 March 1979>> On 8 January 1977 an explosion occurred in a Moscow underground train. The authorities immediately tried to link this act of terrorism with dissident activity (CCE 44.16). On 31 January 1979 the following report was published: * In the USSR Supreme Court "The Judicial Board for Criminal Cases of … Continue reading Metro Explosion Trial, Mar ’79 (52.1)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> FIVE ENTRIES [1] JUOZAS ZDEBSKIS The trial of the priest Juozas Zdebskis [1], arrested on 26 August in Prienai, took place on 11 November 1971 in the people’s court of the Kaunas district. Zdebskis had been brutally beaten while in police custody. Until the trial he was held in … Continue reading Believers Persecuted (Lithuania), Jan ’72 (23.8)
<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> The trial of Reiza Palatnik took place on 22-24 June in Odessa (CCE 17.8). The investigation was conducted by Major V.I. Larionov, an Investigator with the Odessa Region KGB. The Court Chairman was Kadenko; the prosecutor, Procurator Tekunova. * Palatnik was indicted under Article 187-1 (UkSSR Criminal Code = … Continue reading Palatnik Trial, Jun ’71 (20.5)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> On 9 October 1975, the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awarded the annual Nobel Prize for "Activities contributing to Peace" to Andrei Dmitrievich SAKHAROV (aged 54). * [1] Sakharov heard that he had won the Peace Prize from foreign journalists on the evening of 9 October. "I hope … Continue reading Sakharov’s Friends & Enemies, Dec ’75 (38.1)
<<No 50 : November 1978>> From 15 to 19 May the Tbilisi City Court heard the case of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava [1]. The two men were charged with “Anti-Soviet Agitation & Propaganda” (Article 71, Georgian SSR Criminal Code = Article 70, RSFSR Code). The court was presided over by A. V. Kobakhidze, Deputy … Continue reading Gamsakhurdia & Kostava Trial, May ’78 (50.2)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> SIX ENTRIES [1] V.N. Chalidze [feature photo] has been removed on ideological grounds from the leadership of the polymer physics group at the Plastics Research Institute in Moscow. Chalidze is well-known as the author of a number of documents and articles about human rights and as the compiler of … Continue reading Extrajudicial Persecution, Oct ’70 (16.8)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> As already reported (CCE 12.4), a group of six people has been arrested and convicted in Ryazan. The investigation was carried out by the KGB; more than 100 witnesses were summoned. The case was heard in the Ryazan Region Court from 10 to 19 February 1970. Five of those … Continue reading Details of Ryazan Trial, Feb ’70 (14.7)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> On the evening of 29 May 1970, Zhores Medvedev was taken from his flat in Obninsk (Kaluga Region), to the Kaluga City Psychiatric Hospital for "diagnosis" and "observation”. (In this account of events his brother Roy's detailed notes have been used.) * Led by a police major, Lifshits, head … Continue reading Medvedev in Psychiatric Hospital, June ’70 (14.3)
<<No 15 : 31 August 1970>> On 7 July 1970, a session of the Moscow City Court's judicial board for criminal affairs considered the case of Natalya Yevgenyevna GORBANEVSKAYA [1]. Chairman: Judge Vladimir V. Bogdanov; People's Assessors: Andreyev & Zaslavskaya Procurator (prosecutor) : T.P. Prazdnikova [2] Counsel for the defence : Sophia V. Kalistratova Expert … Continue reading Gorbanevskaya Trial, July ’70 (15.1)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» From 12 to 19 January 1970 the case of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev was heard in the Tashkent City Court. Ilya Gabai, from Moscow, was arrested after innumerable searches of his flat (CCE 8.4). Although charged under Article 190-1 (RSFSR Criminal Code), he was sent to Tashkent. Mustafa … Continue reading Gabai & Dzhemilev Trial, Jan ’70 (12.3)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» Writers Union expels Solzhenitsyn On 4 November 1969 the great Russian writer Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was expelled from the Writers' Union by its Ryazan branch (RSFSR Writers Union). * Of the seven members of the Ryazan branch, six attended the meeting: Vasily Matushkin (Ryazan); Sergei Baranov (Ryazan, who chaired … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn Expelled [1], Nov ’69 (11.1)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The Chronicle has already reported the self-immolation of Vasily Makukha (CCE 6.9 [2] and see 'Note' below), who died in hospital from his burns . On 10 February 1969, Nikolai Berislavsky, a 45-year-old teacher from Berdyansk, father of three children and ex-inmate of Stalin's camps, attempted to burn himself … Continue reading Self-immolation, 2nd attempt, Feb ’69 (8.6)
«No 6 : 28 February 1969» NINE ITEMS [1] In Kiev Nazarenko and two other employees of the hydro-electric station, Kondryukov and Karpenko, were recently tried on a charge of engaging in anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation. The defendants distributed through the post leaflets protesting against the Russification of the Ukraine and describing the Shevchenko celebrations … Continue reading News in Brief, Feb ’69 (6.9)
«No 5 : 31 December 1968» Samizdat is a specific medium for exercising freedom of expression in our country. During the last few years samizdat has evolved from a predominant concern with poetry and fiction towards an ever greater emphasis on journalistic and documentary writing. This is particularly true of 1968. * INTRODUCTION This year … Continue reading Samizdat Survey, Dec ’68 (5.1)
“The Chronicle itself goes on, courageously and mysteriously, against all probability” (The Times, London). -- 01. USING THIS WEBSITE. 1.1: Abbreviations & Definitions. 1.2: Guided Search. -- 02. CCE CONTENTS. -- 03. NAME INDEX. -- 04. MAPS. * A CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS. Nos 1-58, 60-65. 64 translated and annotated (English) issues of A Chronicle … Continue reading USING THIS WEBSITE
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> The Soviet Human Rights Movement: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. (1) DOCUMENTS: 1 (a) General. 1 (b) Trials, demonstrations, persecution. 1 (c) National and religious movements. (2) BOOKS BY SOVIET PARTICIPANTS: 2 (a) problems of Soviet society. 2 (b) Belles-lettres. (3) BOOKS BY WESTERN SCHOLARS AND OBSERVERS * (1) DOCUMENTS 1 … Continue reading Western Publications, ’72 (23.11)
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