<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> CATHOLICS and BAPTISTS. [1] CATHOLICS At the end of October 1970, the Catholic church was closed in the village of Zarechanka (formerly Balya-Kostyolnaya) in the Grodno Region of Belorussia. The village forms part of the Suvorov collective farm (kolkhoz). The church was closed on the instructions of the local … Continue reading Religious Persecution, October 1970 (16.6)
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Attempted plane-hijacking, October 1969 (16.5)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> On 3 October 1969, the Leningrad City Court considered in closed session the case of Galina Vladimirovna SILIVONCHIK [1] (b. 1937), a packer at the Northern Lights factory with seven years of education, and her brother Yury Vladimirovich VASILYEV (b. 1947) who has eight years of education. The court … Continue reading Attempted plane-hijacking, October 1969 (16.5)