<<No. 40 : 20 May 1976>> Yefim Aronovich DAVIDOVICH, retired colonel and veteran of the Second World War, holder of eighteen medals and military honours, died on 24 April 1976; he spent his last years fighting for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel. * Davidovich (right) with other Jewish war heroes Alshansky … Continue reading Yefim A. Davidovich, 1924-1976 (40.6)
Category: Death of a Dissenter
The Death of Vladimir Shelkov (1896-1980)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> On 27 January 1980, Vladimir Andreyevich SHELKOV (CCE 55.7), Chairman of the All-Union Church of True and Free Seventh-Day Adventists [1], died at the age of 84. He was being held in a strict-regime camp in the Yakut ASSR (Soviet Far East), where he was serving a sentence. Vladimir … Continue reading The Death of Vladimir Shelkov (1896-1980)
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