<<Other texts and documents>> Français : Deutsch : Other languages. Russian version published abroad: Publishers Amsterdam = Herzen Institute, Amsterdam (Chronicle 11.15, item 4) Frankfurt = Possev Verlag, Frankfurt-am-Main (FRG) New York = Chalidze Press (1973 onward) Paris = YMCA Press, Paris ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITIONS AND TAMIZDAT: Amalrik, Andrei, Will the Soviet Union survive until 1984? … Continue reading Related texts
Category: Samizdat update
Andrei Tverdokhlebov’s Trial, 14-15 April 1976 (40.2)
Andrei Nikolayevich TVERDOKHLEBOV was born in Moscow in 1940; he is a physicist. He was one of the founders of the Human Rights Committee (in December 1972 he left the Committee, CCE 29.11). In September 1973 he founded “Group 73”, together with V. Arkhangelsky, V. Albrekht and I. Korneyev (CCE 30.14, item 7). Andrei Tverdokhlebov, … Continue reading Andrei Tverdokhlebov’s Trial, 14-15 April 1976 (40.2)
Samizdat Update, July 1974 (32.21)
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)
Samizdat Update, May 1975 (36.12)
[1] Boris Khazanov, “The New Russia” (9 pages) The author discusses Motherland, patriotism and the problem of emigration. "Fear and the slavery which we imbibed with our mothers’ milk have prevented us from pushing off from the shore. "This means that we are unworthy of being called free men and unworthy of freedom. We deserve … Continue reading Samizdat Update, May 1975 (36.12)
Soviet Dissent and “Index on Censorship”
A LETTER FROM MOSCOW (8 August 1968) The original impetus for the creation of the Index on Censorship magazine came from an Open Letter addressed "To World Public Opinion" by two Soviet dissenters, Pavel Litvinov and Larisa Bogoraz. Larisa Bogoraz and Pavel Litvinov, Moscow Describing "the atmosphere of illegality" surrounding the January 1968 trial of … Continue reading Soviet Dissent and “Index on Censorship”
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)
Moral resistance, then & now (Tuesday 14 May 2019)
Veteran human rights campaigner Lena SANNIKOVA will speak at Pushkin House, London, on Tuesday, 14 May, at 7 pm about political prisoners in Putin's Russia and the Soviet Union and the many other opponents and victims of both regimes Elena Sannikova at the Sakharov Centre (May 2008) ♦ Over the past ten years, the level … Continue reading Moral resistance, then & now (Tuesday 14 May 2019)
No. 32 : 17 July 1974
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. The others may be found by following page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 32 & 33, see below), given next to each item in this Contents page. (1) The Deportation of Solzhenitsyn [13 February … Continue reading No. 32 : 17 July 1974
No 34 : 31 December 1974
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page (1) The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov [6] TRIALS (2) The Trial of Mikhail … Continue reading No 34 : 31 December 1974
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 36 : 31 May 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) The Arrest of Andrei Tverdokhlebov [91] (2) 18th April 1975 [searches … Continue reading No 36 : 31 May 1975
No 37 : 30 September 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page *** (1) Mustafa Dzhemilev has not been freed (2) The Trial of … Continue reading No 37 : 30 September 1975
No 38 : 31 December 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Sakharov's friends and enemies (2) Before the trials of Kovalyov and … Continue reading No 38 : 31 December 1975
No 39 : 12 March 1976
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USSR CONTINUES Two of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version(CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Obituary — Grigory Podyapolsky [94] (2) IN THE CAMPS AND PRISONS Political prisoners' … Continue reading No 39 : 12 March 1976
No 42 : 8 October 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version(CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page [*] 1. Sent to Hospital for his Songs [Pyotr Starchik] [110] 2. The Case of … Continue reading No 42 : 8 October 1976
No 43 : 31 December 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Many of the reports in this issue have not yet been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 43-45, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page [*] (1) The Release of Vladimir Bukovsky - "A Victory for … Continue reading No 43 : 31 December 1976