The mid-1980s were marked by the deaths of several dissenters as a result of the treatment meted out in the Soviet penal service’s maximum-security facilities: Valery MARCHENKO in 1984 (Haass Hospital, Leningrad); Vasyl STUS in 1985 (Perm 36); and Anatoly MARCHENKO in 1986 (Chistopol Prison). In all three cases lack of appropriate medical care is clear.

Earlier deaths can be variously attributed to medical neglect (Galanskov in 1972), constant harassment (Talantov in 1971; Shelkov in 1980) or personal health conditions worsened by the pressure of opposition (Podyapolsky and Davidovich in 1976).

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