| DECEMBER 1976. | |
| 18. | Exchange of Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan. |
| 24. | Searches among members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. |
| 25. | Psychiatric arrest of Vladimir Borisov (Leningrad). |
| JANUARY 1977. | |
| 4. | Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group. |
| TASS announces link between Helsinki Group and NTS. | |
| 5. | Creation of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes. |
| Yury Mnyukh joins Moscow Helsinki Group. | |
| Interrogation of Yury Orlov. | |
| 10. | TASS report about an explosion in the Moscow Metro on 8 January. |
| Report on explosion in Evening News (London) by Victor Louis. | |
| 11. | O Lukauskaite-Poshkene of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group is called to the procurator’s office. |
| 12. | Statement by Andrei Sakharov about the explosion. |
| 14. | Naum Meiman joins Moscow Helsinki Group. |
| Creation of the Georgian Helsinki Group. | |
| 20. | Press conference by Kronid Lyubarsky. |
| 25 | Sakharov called to USSR Procurator’s Office |
| 26 | Soviet newspapers publish TASS report about Sakharov “The slanderer has been warned” |
| FEBRUARY 1977 | |
| 1 | Interrogation of Yury Orlov |
| 2 | Article by A. Petrov (Agatov), “Liars and Hypocrites”, Literaturnaya gazeta |
| 3 | Arrest of Alexander Ginzburg |
| 4 | Malva Landa, Kronid Lyubarsky and Tatyana Khodorovich become representatives of the Relief Fund for Political Prisoners and their Families |
| 5 | Arrest of Nikolai Rudenko (Kiev) and Alexei Tikhy (Donetsk Region) |
| Search at home of Oksana Meshko (Kiev) | |
| 6 | Search at the home of Nina Strokata |
| Pyotr Vins joins the Ukrainian Helsinki Group | |
| 7 | Search at the home of Yury Mnyukh |
| Searches in Lithuania | |
| 10 | Arrest of Yury Orlov |
| 12 | Lead article in Pravda, “What lies behind the fuss about ‘human rights’” |
| Beginning of a daily campaign in the Soviet press | |
| 14 | Valentin Turchin is given a “final warning” |
| 22 | Ludmila Alexeyeva leaves the USSR |
| 25 | Search at the Tarusa house of Alexander Ginzburg |
| MARCH 1977 | |
| 1 | President Carter receives Vladimir Bukovsky at White House |
| 2 | Searches in Odessa and arrest of Vasily Barladyanu |
| 3 | Arrest of Josif Begun |
| 4 | Release of Vladimir Borisov from psychiatric hospital |
| Lipavsky, “Open Letter” to Izvestiya | |
| Searches at the homes of Jewish activists in Moscow | |
| 14 | Release of Mikhail Shtern |
| Search at home of Alexander Podrabinek | |
| 15 | Arrest of Anatoly Shcharansky |
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