<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> IN THE CRIMEA In the spring of 1978, there were about 700 Crimean Tatar families in the Crimea, living without registration in houses they had bought (CCE 49), Almost all of them had been through the civil courts, which had declared the arrangement of house sales and purchases to … Continue reading The Persecution of Crimean Tatars, Dec. 1978 (51.13)
Category: Residential restrictions
Biographies: A.A. Tarasov (29.10)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> The Chronicle opens a new section, "Biographies", with a biography of A. A. Tarasov. * Adrian Alexandrovich TARASOV was born in 1945 [note 1]. He lost his father in early childhood. While attending a special school for French studies he began to correspond with pen-pals in France. His French … Continue reading Biographies: A.A. Tarasov (29.10)
Ginzburg and Marchenko under surveillance, 1974 (34.14)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> ALEXANDER GINZBURG As reported in CCE 32.18, the former political prisoner Alexander Ilych Ginzburg, released in January 1972 and placed under administrative surveillance from February until August 1972, was informed on 11 April 1974 that he would be subjected to another six-month period of surveillance. Alexander Ginzburg, 1936-2002 The … Continue reading Ginzburg and Marchenko under surveillance, 1974 (34.14)
Official Documents, 1974 (34.21)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> [1] Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Not for publication On the abolition of restrictions on choice of place of residence, formerly stipulated for certain categories of citizens. The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet decrees: (1) That the restrictions on choice of place of residence … Continue reading Official Documents, 1974 (34.21)
After Release, December 1978 (51.12)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> In the middle of March 1978, Malva Landa returned to Moscow (CCE 48.11 and CCE 49.9, item 4 [note 1]). Her living quarters (in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow) turned out to be occupied. She settled in Petushki in Vladimir Region. Malva Landa, 1918-2019 Andrei Tverdokhlebov (CCE 48.13 and CCE 49.11) … Continue reading After Release, December 1978 (51.12)
“In Honour of Nixon” (26.7)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> The visit of American President Nixon [note 1] to the USSR (22-30 May) was accompanied by some curious activities on the part of the authorities. * From 1 May 1972 onwards, the following were summoned to district police-stations in Moscow: T. S. Khodorovich, a member of the Action Group … Continue reading “In Honour of Nixon” (26.7)
Extra-Judicial Persecution (25.9)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> A group of Crimean Tatars has sent a letter to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, the USSR Council of Ministers and the USSR Supreme Soviet, citing numerous facts relating to the local authorities' oppression of Crimean Tatars returning to the Crimea: refusal to register … Continue reading Extra-Judicial Persecution (25.9)
After Release (44.18)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> Kronid Lyubarsky On 17 January 1977, Kronid Arkadyevich LYUBARSKY left Vladimir Prison after serving his full 5-year sentence. Despite his categorical objections (his family lives in the settlement of Chernogolovka near Moscow), in his “Release Document” the paragraph “To be sent to …” was inscribed “Tarusa in … Continue reading After Release (44.18)
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