“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. Numbers 1-58, 60-65. 64 translated and annotated (English) issues of A Chronicle of Current … Continue reading 01. USING THIS WEBSITE
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> Terms of an Amnesty for Prisoners in Soviet corrective-labour institutions [1]. *** NOT FOR PUBLICATION Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (27 June 1980) 1. The following, who are serving sentences of up to and including five years, shall be released from places of imprisonment: a) … Continue reading An Official Document, June 1980 (57.26)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> CCE 38 Vladimir Arkhangelsky was given 2 ½ years, not 3 years’ deprivation of freedom (CCE 38.19 [34]). V. P. Fedorenko’s sentence was 15 years’ deprivation of freedom (CCE 38.12-2); the first five years in prison and the following ten in a special-regime camp. Roman Gurny was … Continue reading Additions and Corrections, March 1976 (39.14)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> Odabashev and Niyazov In CCE 22.8 [9] it was reported that Anvar (Enver) Odabashev (feature photo), chairman of the Chief Organizing Committee of the Meskhetian Turks, had been sentenced in August 1971 to 2 years in a labour camp under Article 162 (Azerbaijan SSR Criminal Code: "wilful seizure of … Continue reading Trials of Recent Years, December 1974 (34.22)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> From 21 to 31 October 1975 the Estonian SSR Supreme Court in Tallinn tried the case of Sergei Soldatov, Kalju Mattik, Matti Kiirend, Artyom Yuskevich and Arvo Varato, all of whom were charged with "Anti-Soviet Agitation & Propaganda". (Their arrest and the pre-trial investigation were reported in CCE 36.3.) … Continue reading The Trial in Tallinn, October 1975 (38.4)
AND Releases (Oct 1976 to Feb 1977) << No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> 17-1 Vladimir Prison. Mordovia. Perm. Other Camps; 17-2 Letters and Statements of Political Prisoners; 17-3 In Defence of Political Prisoners; Releases; 17-4 Political Prisoners in Vladimir Prison. * 5. In Defence of Political Prisoners. FIVE ITEMS: [1] Nina A. Strokata … Continue reading In Defence of Political Prisoners, 1976-7 (44.17-3)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1979>> On 7 December 1979, Vasyl Stus (CCE 54.14 [17]) 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 Meshko, Chronicle), … Continue reading After Release, December 1979 (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 1973 (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 people’s court of the October district of the city of Ulan-Ude. Dandaron was indicted under two Articles … Continue reading The Trial of Dandaron, December 1972 (28.6)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 6 October Tbilisi City Court, presided over by Gulisashvili, completed its examination of the case of Valentina Pailodze and Nunu Dzhabnidze. They are charged under the following Articles of the Georgian Criminal Code: 206-1 (= Article 190-1, RSFSR Code); 233, pt. 2 : “violation of the person and … Continue reading Trial [2] of Pailodze, October 1978 (51.2)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 1 December 1978, the Armenian SSR Supreme Court sentenced Robert Khatikovich NAZARYAN (b. 1948) under Article 65 (Armenian SSR Criminal Code = Article 70, RSFSR Code) to five years in strict-regime camps and two years’ exile. The Procurator had asked for 6 + 2. The final stage of … Continue reading Robert Nazaryan on trial, Nov-Dec 1978 (51.1)
<<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, August 1977 (46.11)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> * FIVE SECTIONS: PETKUS. ESTONIANS. TERLECKAS. GARUCKAS. SOLDATOV [1] The Case of Viktoras Petkus. On 23 August 1977, the day of Viktoras Petkus’s arrest, a search was carried out at the home of Mrs Birute Pasiliene, who lives near Klaipeda (CCE 47.5), in addition to the searches reported in … Continue reading Suppressing Helsinki Groups: Lithuania, 1977-8 (48.4)
<<No 33 : 10 December 1974>> 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 lists CCE 35.16.] 1. For easier reference, the prisoners in the list below … Continue reading Perm Prisoners, December 1974: Preface (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 1976 (41.2-2)
<<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 The Metro Explosion Trial, March 1979 (52.1)
«No 21 : 11 September 1971» TWENTY-THREE ITEMS (1) MOSCOW. On 27 April 1971, Rolan Teodorovich AVGUSTOV (b. 1941), an electrician resident in Uman (Cherkassy Region) in the Ukraine, was detained at the entrance of the American Embassy. He had come to Moscow with a statement to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet renouncing … Continue reading News in Brief: September 1971 (21.10)
<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> TEN ENTRIES (1) HERALD OF THE EXODUS, 1 A collection of documents CONTENTS On the Eve of the Trials. Letters from relatives and friends of those facing trial in Leningrad (CCE 20.1), Riga (CCE 20.2), and Kishinyov (CCE 20.3); Visits by groups of Jews to USSR government bodies; The … Continue reading Samizdat update: July 1971 (20.12)
<<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 The Trial of Palatnik: Odessa, June 1971 (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, December 1975 (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 on trial, May 1978 (50.2)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> SIX ENTRIES [1] V.N. Chalidze 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 the Social … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, October 1970 (16.8)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> On 8 October 1970 the Swedish Royal Academy of Literature awarded the Nobel Prize to Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN "for moral strength in the development of the best traditions of Russian literature". * [1] On the same day, during a brief interview with a Swedish correspondent in Moscow, A.I. Solzhenitsyn … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s Friends & Foes, October 1970 (16.1)
<<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, 10-19 Feb 1970 (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 1970 (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 The Trial of Gorbanevskaya, July 1970 (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 The Trial of Gabai & Dzhemilev, Jan 1970 (12.3)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The Chronicle has already reported the self-immolation of Vasily Makukha (CCE 6.9 [2]), 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 to death outside the … Continue reading Self-immolation, a second attempt, Feb 1969 (8.6)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> 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 (a): General Anon, ed., La … Continue reading Western Publications on the Soviet Human Rights Movement, 1972 (23.11)
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