«No 58 : November 1980» From 16 to 18 September the Kalinin Regional Court, presided over by Judge A.N. Kiselyova, heard the case of Josif Getselevich DYADKIN (b. 1928), who was arrested on 25 April (CCE 56.13) and Sergei Maximovich GORBACHEV (b. 1952) arrested on 5 June (CCE 57.9). Both were charged under Article 190-1 … Continue reading Dyadkin & Gorbachev’s trial, September 1980 (58.20)
Category: Judicial repression
Biographies: Lutsik and Budulak-Sharygin, December 1978 (51.22)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> M. P. LUTSIK Mikhail Petrovich LUTSIK (CCE 39) was born in 1921 in the village of Volosyanka (Skole district, Lvov Region [Ukraine]). His father Pyotr Lutsik graduated from the Historical-Geographic Faculty of Lvov [Lemberg] University, knew eight languages, and wrote poetry and essays on historical subjects. In 1939 he … Continue reading Biographies: Lutsik and Budulak-Sharygin, December 1978 (51.22)
The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Pentecostals; Baptists; Jehovah's Witnesses; Adventists * ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
Material from The Soviet Press, November 1973 (30.17)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> Early in November 1973, the newspaper Literaturnaya Ukraina published a statement by the critic Ivan Dzyuba. An editorial introduction reports that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, taking into account Dzyuba’s sincere acknowledgement of guilt, has granted him a pardon. (Dzyuba was tried in March … Continue reading Material from The Soviet Press, November 1973 (30.17)
In Other Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> PYOTR VINS On 15 May (CCE 49) Pyotr Vins was sent to Camp OR-318/76 (Rafalovka Station, Rovno Region), where Vasily Barladyanu is held (CCEs 47 and 48). On 15 May, the day after he arrived in camp, Vins was receiving his camp uniform. In the clothing section, while Vins … Continue reading In Other Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
An unpublished decree, December 1972 (30.13)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> On 25 December 1972 the presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet passed decree No. 1707 (or 7707 -- accounts vary) on measures to prevent the commission of crimes. One of the preventive measures stipulated by the decree is the giving of a warning [preduprezhedenie] by state security personnel to … Continue reading An unpublished decree, December 1972 (30.13)
In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Directive No. 37 New Rules concerning internal order (mentioned in CCE 48.10), were brought into effect on 15 March 1978 by Decree No. 37 of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, issued in December 1977. The Decree carries the stamp of the USSR Procurator-General. Like the former rules, introduced … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> From 3 to 7 July Tashkent City Court, presided over by I. M. Yusupov, examined the case of Viktor Gennadievich BEDAREV (b. 1949) and Pyotr Vasilyevich RAKSHA (b. 1947). They were charged under Article 192-1, pt. 2, of the Uzbek Criminal Code (“resistance to a police officer or a … Continue reading The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
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