In March 1974, A.I. Solzhenitsyn published his “Letter to the Soviet Leaders”, which he had written earlier, on 5 September 1973. The letter aroused a great number of responses of the most varied nature. The first of these responses was by A.D. Sakharov, “On Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Letter to The Soviet Leaders”. In view of the … Continue reading Samizdat Update, July 1974 (32.21)
Category: Sakharov & Solzhenitsyn
A Letter to the Chronicle from G. Superfin, May 1975 (36.13)
At the end of March 1974, on reading the materials of my ‘criminal’ case (No. 27), conducted by the Oryol Region KGB, I officially informed Captain Oleg S. Ilin, who led the investigation (see a reference to him in the “Statement to the Press” made by E.V. Barabanov on 15 September 1973), that I would … Continue reading A Letter to the Chronicle from G. Superfin, May 1975 (36.13)
Samizdat update, 31 December 1979 (55.11)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1980>> Andrei Sakharov, “Reflections and Memories”, The Washington Post, 16 August 1979. Yury Shikhanovich, Six Documents, 15 August 1979. Emigration to Israel: Legal Theory and Practice, Nos 4 & 5, November and December 1979. Women and Russia, No. 1 , September 1979. Lithuanian samizdat. A new journal Pastoge (Shelter). * … Continue reading Samizdat update, 31 December 1979 (55.11)
The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov, 27 December 1974 (34.1)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> On 27 December 1974 Sergei Kovalyov was arrested in Moscow. On 23 December a search had been carried out at his house — one of many searches which took place on that day in Moscow and Lithuania in connection with ‘Case 345’, being investigated by the Lithuanian KGB (see … Continue reading The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov, 27 December 1974 (34.1)
Concerning the Explosions in Moscow, March 1977 (44.15)
<<No 44 : 16 March 1977>> On 8 January 1977 an explosion took place in the Moscow underground. On 10 January TASS reported that the explosion was not of great force, “medical help was given to those suffering injury, and an investigation is being conducted”. Later, at meetings of Party activists, it was said that … Continue reading Concerning the Explosions in Moscow, March 1977 (44.15)
No 35 : 31 March 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) The Situation of Leonid Plyushch [58] (2) The Case of Anatoly … Continue reading No 35 : 31 March 1975
No 62 : 14 July 1981
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 62, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page * 1. The Death of Juri Kukk [6] 2. The Arrest of … Continue reading No 62 : 14 July 1981
No 26 : 5 July 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version are given next to the items in this Contents page, CCE 25 & 26 : 20 May to 5 July 1972 (AI pdf) 1. The Arrest of Pyotr Yakir [32] … Continue reading No 26 : 5 July 1972
No 25 : 20 May 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version — CCE 25 & 26 : 20 May to 5 July 1972 (pdf) — are given to the right of the other items in this Contents page. 1. Political … Continue reading No 25 : 20 May 1972
“The freight and the groove” (2000)
Prisoners of an old regime ♣ Marjorie Farquharson ♣ (July 2000) When you see what happened to them in the 1990s, the harsh years that some people spent as prisoners in previous decades seemed to be merely a dry-run. Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993) became Georgia’s first freely-elected President after the Soviet Union collapsed, with a mandate … Continue reading “The freight and the groove” (2000)
On the presentation of the Nobel Prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn, March-April 1972 (25.4)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> In accordance with the suggestion made by SOLZHENITSYN in his letter to the Secretary of the Swedish Academy, K. R. Gierow (CCE 22.1), the ceremony for the presentation of the Nobel Prize was due to take place in a private flat in Moscow. A.I. Solzhenitsyn sent off the invitations. … Continue reading On the presentation of the Nobel Prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn, March-April 1972 (25.4)
A New Public Association [the Moscow Helsinki Group], 12 May 1976 (40.13)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> On 12 May 1976 a declaration was issued announcing the formation of a new public association [NGO] in Moscow: the “Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements in the USSR”. The declaration states: The Group’s aim is to promote the observance of the Final Act … Continue reading A New Public Association [the Moscow Helsinki Group], 12 May 1976 (40.13)
An Interview with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, 30 March 1972 (25.3)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> On 30 March 1972 A.I. SOLZHENITSYN gave an interview to Western journalists.[1] Here are extracts from the interview : What are you working on now? October 1916, the second volume of the same book. Will it be finished soon? No, In the course of the work it … Continue reading An Interview with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, 30 March 1972 (25.3)
Political Prisoner’s Day, 30 October 1974 (33.1)
<< No 33 : 10 December 1974 >> According to advance information received from the labour camps of Mordovia and Perm, a decision was taken there to designate 30 October 1974[1] as the "Day of the Political Prisoner in the USSR". On that day the prisoners intended to declare hunger strikes, which were to last … Continue reading Political Prisoner’s Day, 30 October 1974 (33.1)
The Arrest of Alexander Ginzburg, 3 February 1977 (44.2.2)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> On 2 February 1977 an article, “Liars and Pharisees”, was published in the weekly Literaturnaya gazeta under the signature of A. Petrov (Agatov). Its appearance aroused serious concern for the fate of Alexander GINZBURG and Yury ORLOV. The same day a press conference was called at Ginzburg’s … Continue reading The Arrest of Alexander Ginzburg, 3 February 1977 (44.2.2)
Samizdat Update, March 1972 (24.12)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> [1] Our Middle-Eastern Friends: A Survey of the Soviet press, Moscow, 1972 A “collection of quotations” dealing with events in the Middle East, the Middle-Eastern policy of the Soviet Union and its treatment in the Soviet press. The 220 quotations (mainly from Soviet periodicals of 1967-71), arranged in chronological … Continue reading Samizdat Update, March 1972 (24.12)
