«No 58 : November 1980» 1-1. Trial: charges, witnesses ... 1-2. Trial: closing words, Soviet press, public response * Closing words The summing-up then began. * PROSECUTION The procurator’s speech began and ended with quotations from Lenin. In the middle he referred to the international situation, saying that Velikanova’s activities served the interests of reactionary … Continue reading Velikanova Trial, August 1980, Pt. 2 (58.1-2)
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In the Central House of Writers, March 1978 (48.20)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> [1] On 21 December 1977, the critics sector of the Moscow section of the Writers’ Union held a literary discussion in the conference hall of the Central House of Writers on the theme “We and the Classics”. Discussion went on from 4 pm to 11 pm in a tightly packed … Continue reading In the Central House of Writers, March 1978 (48.20)
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