FOURTEEN ENTRIES
(Periodicals, 9-13)
[1]
Malva Landa
“Alexander Ginzburg” (6 pp.)
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[2]
Felix Kandel (Kamov)
“My son, Anatoly Shcharansky”.
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RAISSA LERT (3-4)
[3]
Raisa Lert
“Approaches to The Yawning Heights: An unscholarly analysis” (January 1977, 8 pp.)
A review of the book by Alexander Zinoviev (CCE 43.14, CCE 44.26-1).
“This book — almost deprived of emotions (in the usual meaning), vulgar, spiteful, in places unprintable — produces the impression of a lyrical diary. The whole book is nothing more than the passionate weeping of the intellectual, the howling of a suffocating brain, a violated and corrupted mind …
“It is extremely difficult to read. You can’t breathe … Alexander Zinoviev’s work is absolutely unique, both in its overflowing contents and in its form. …
“This is art. This is social fantasy. This is satire.”
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[4]
Raisa Lert
“The Wheel Turns” (April 1977, 10 pp.)
In connection with the campaign of persecution against the Helsinki Group (CCE 44 and CCE 46.5-1) and the accompanying campaign in the mass media against those arrested, the author — a Party member since 1926 — points out that this is a repetition of what took place in our country in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
“That is our country’s misfortune, that the memory of history is being expunged as if with a rubber, from the consciousness of later generations, by a ban on thought.
“But this memory is essential in order to understand the present.”
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[5]
Tatyana Khodorovich & Victor Nekipelov
“The 1977 Oprichnina continues” (June 1977, 6 pp.)
The authors, in a sequel to their article “The 1977 Oprichnina: Settling political accounts by criminal means” (CCE 45.20 [2]), write about the persecution of Alexander Ogorodnikov, the forcible incarceration of Viktor Borovsky in a psychiatric hospital, the search of Viktor Nekipelov’s home on 3 June, and the ‘incendiary’ Malva Landa [1]. The article ends:
“Only publicity can save us from this witches sabbath of State thuggery which in our country surrounds Thought and Word as they try to break free.”
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[6]
Tatyana Khodorovich: “Only a Miracle” (11 July 1977)
“Only a miracle can save my country from a witches sabbath of ideological thuggery. Perhaps the beginning of this miracle may stem from the highly moral position of President Carter, which consists in subordinating politics to morality …”
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[7]
Nina Komarova & Victor Nekipelov
“How they searched us” (July 1977, 32 pp.)
A report on seven searches carried out at the home of the Nekipelov family between 1972 and 1977.
The report incorporates Nekipelov’s verses in the text, including those he was ‘charged with’ in 1973 (CCE 32.4).
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[8]
Vladimir Albrekht
“Untrodden Paths of the Law (pages from a diary)” (1977, 60 pp.)
On 1 September 1976 Literaturnaya Gazeta published an article “It happened in Leeuwarden”, in which the organization Amnesty International was called ‘an anti-Soviet organization*.
The author, who has been acting secretary of this organization’s Soviet group since the arrest of Andrei Tverdokhlebov, describes his unsuccessful attempt to sue Literaturnaya Gazeta, in defence of his integrity and self-respect (according to Article 7 of the RSFSR Civil Code). He also describes a few other unsuccessful attempts of a similar nature.
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PERIODICALS
[9]
INFORMATION BULLETIN, 1
Information Bulletin No. 1 (May-June 1977)
Published by the Working Commission (to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes). The “publication has no clear-cut form and is not expected to be a regular periodical,” says the preface.
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LITHUANIA
The following four publications have appeared in Lithuania:
[10]
LAISVES SAUKLYS
“Messenger of Liberty”, Nos. 4-6.
The first three issues were summarized in CCE 45.20 [9].
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[11]
TIESOS KELIAS
“The Way of Truth”, Nos. 2-4.
The first issue, in January 1977, was summarized in CCE 45.20 [9]. The fourth issue appeared in June.
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[12]
GOD AND THE MOTHERLAND
“God and the Motherland”, Nos. 3-4.
The first two issues were described in CCE 43.10.
No. 3 (60 pp.) includes an article “Mankind has always believed in God”, attacking the book by S. Markonis You are lying, priest! The article “I am the Way, the Truth, the Life” proves the historical existence of Christ. The article “Faith is an eternal sanctuary” attacks the television film “Do you believe?” The article “What is atheism?” gives various assessments of atheism.
No. 4 prints two letters from Nijole Sadunaite, written, in a camp, and the article “The Inquisitions of the Christians and the Godless”.
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[13]
RUPINTOJELIS
“The Sorrowing Christ”, No. 1, May 1977.
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[14]
PRESS CONFERENCE
at the flat of Father Dmitry Dudko, 27 April 1977
Responses to the articles in Literaturnaya Gazeta, 13 and 20 April this year (40 pp.).
- Introduction by the priest Gleb Yakunin;
- Speeches by Father Dmitry and his spiritual son Konstantin;
- “Press Statements” issued by Gleb Yakunin, Varsonofy Khaibulin, Victor Kapitanchuk and Lev Regelson on 14 April (CCE 45.19-1) and 21 April;
- The “Appeal to the Representatives of Christian Churches” (9 signatures);
- A “Press Statement” by Igor Shafarevich;
- An “Open letter to [Litgaz editor] A. Chakovsky” from O. Fyodorova;
- “Answer to a slanderer” by Lev Regelson (CCE 45.19-1);
- A letter to Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (10 signatures);
- A “Statement for the Press” (4 signatures);
- An “Open Letter” from A. Ogorodnikov;
- A letter to Literaturnaya Gazeta from parishioners (17 signatures);
- A letter to Chakovsky from N. Khovansky, a Vitebsk worker.
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NOTES
- This is a reference to the door-burning incident that led to Malva Landa’s conviction and exile (CCE 46.1).
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