| | 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) |
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| | January 1977 |
| 4 | Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group |
| | TASS announcement of 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” |
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| | 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 N.A. Strokatova |
| | 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 |
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| | 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 M Shtern |
| | Search at home of Alexander Podrabinek |
| 15 | Arrest of Anatoly Shcharansky |
A Chronicle of Current Events 