ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 32 & 33, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) The Deportation of Solzhenitsyn [13 February 1974] (2) The Trial … Continue reading No. 32 : 17 July 1974
Category: Soviet press
No 40 : 20 May 1976
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USSR 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) Statement by Tatyana Khodorovich TRIALS (2) The Trial of Andrei Tverdokhlebov [9] … Continue reading No 40 : 20 May 1976
No 49 : 14 May 1978
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have yet been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 49, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** TRIALS (1) The Trial of Kirill Podrabinek (Elektrostal) [8] (2) The Trial of … Continue reading No 49 : 14 May 1978
No 56 : 30 April 1980
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 Nos 55 & 56, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** 1. The Exile of Andrei Sakharov [46] 2. The Death of … Continue reading No 56 : 30 April 1980
December 1972 – December 1973 (28-30)
Issue Nos 28-30 of the Chronicle were compiled in the usual way and prepared for circulation but only released, together with No 31, at the 7 May 1974 press conference in Moscow. 1972 No 28 : 31 December 1972 THE MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only some of the reports in … Continue reading December 1972 – December 1973 (28-30)
No 27 : 15 October 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the translated reports in this issue have been digitised. They may be found in CCE 27 : 15 October 1972 (AI pdf) . The numbers after each item indicates the page in the pdf. 1. Repressive measures in the Ukraine [4] 2. Searches, interrogations, … Continue reading No 27 : 15 October 1972
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
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)
“If you are a Crimean Tatar….”, 14 October 1973 (31.8)
<<No 31 : 17 May 1974>> A letter from Anafi Nafeyev to the editorial boards of Soviet newspapers and journals and to the USSR Supreme Soviet (14 October 1973, Dzhankoi) Nafeyev was born in the village of Yanyseli and now lives in Uzbekistan (town of Gulistan, Engels Street 33), works as a driver, is married, … Continue reading “If you are a Crimean Tatar….”, 14 October 1973 (31.8)
Items from the [Soviet] press, March 1972 (24.7)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> [SARATOV] On 4 February Kommunist, the Saratov Region newspaper, published an article by V. Proletkin entitled “In the pillory”. The article mentions twenty persons by name. Four of them are merely said to have visited a “black market” in books. Ten of them are said to have duplicated and … Continue reading Items from the [Soviet] press, March 1972 (24.7)
The Jewish Movement to Leave for Israel, March 1972 (24.8)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> On 6 February fourteen Jews addressed a letter to President Nixon in which they asked him, bearing in mind his impending visit to Moscow, to use his good offices to obtain permission to emigrate to Israel for Esther Markish, the 60-year-old widow of the well-known poet Perets Markish, who … Continue reading The Jewish Movement to Leave for Israel, March 1972 (24.8)
Obituary: Alexander Tvardovsky, January 1972 (23.10)
«No 23 : 5 January 1972» Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky died on 18 December 1971. The Chronicle considers it suitable to publish the following text as his obituary: There are many ways of killing a poet. The method chosen for Tvardovsky was to take away his offspring, his passion, his journal. The sixteen years of insults … Continue reading Obituary: Alexander Tvardovsky, January 1972 (23.10)
Material from the Regional Press, November 1971 (22.5)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> ODESSA. On 6 March 1971 the newspaper Banner of Communism published an article (signed by I. Petrenko) entitled “Whose side are you on, Strokataya?” It reported that Nina Antonovna Strokataya, the wife of Svyatoslav Karavansky (see CCE 7, 13, 15), [21] who is at present serving a second term … Continue reading Material from the Regional Press, November 1971 (22.5)
Sakharov’s Friends and Enemies, December 1975 (38.1)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> On 9 October 1975 the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awarded the annual Nobel Prize for activities contributing to peace to Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov. Sakharov heard the news from foreign journalists on the evening of 9 October. He said: I hope this will benefit political prisoners in our … Continue reading Sakharov’s Friends and Enemies, December 1975 (38.1)
Protests and Appeals, May 1976 (40.3a)
<<No 40 : 20 May 1976>> [1] TO THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD My son Mustafa Dzhemilev has been sentenced for the fifth time. The first time, he was sentenced without a trial, together with our whole Crimean Tatar nation, to exile from our homeland ... From his childhood Mustafa dreamed of returning to the … Continue reading Protests and Appeals, May 1976 (40.3a)
Chronology, December 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
<<No 44 : 16 March 1977>> December 1976 18 Exchange of Bukovsky and Corvalan 24 Searches among members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group 25 Psychiatric arrest of Vladimir Borisov (Leningrad) * 1977 January 1977 4 Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group TASS announcement of link between Helsinki Group and NTS 5 Creation of the … Continue reading Chronology, December 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
Materials about Sakharov, December 1973 (30.12)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> (1) Sakharov interview and material about him in the Soviet press and in samzidat In an interview with the Swedish correspondent [Olle] Stenholm in mid-June Academician Sakharov stated: “In our country socialism has manifested itself in an unprecedented concentration of economic and political power, an exceptional degree of monopolization.” … Continue reading Materials about Sakharov, December 1973 (30.12)
The Presentation of the Nobel Prize to Solzhenitsyn, November 1971 (22.1)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> At briefing sessions held for them recently, officials of the propaganda network for academic institutions were given an official version of the current position of the Nobel Committee with regard to the award of the prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn. It was claimed that the Nobel Committee, disturbed by the … Continue reading The Presentation of the Nobel Prize to Solzhenitsyn, November 1971 (22.1)
Solzhenitsyn’s Friends and Foes, October 1970 (16.1)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> On 8 October 1970 the Swedish Royal Academy of Literature awarded the Nobel Prize to Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn "for moral strength in the development of the best traditions of Russian literature". On the same day, during a brief interview with a Swedish correspondent in Moscow, A.I. Solzhenitsyn stated: "I … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s Friends and Foes, October 1970 (16.1)
From the history of Soviet censorship, June 1970 (14.9)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> Does Censorship Exist in the Soviet Union? A samizdat collection of documents from 1917-1922 with an anonymous foreword (Leningrad, 1970). "'... people of our era should know what a price in sacrifices was paid by the working class of our country to achieve the right to a free press’ … Continue reading From the history of Soviet censorship, June 1970 (14.9)
The Soviet Press on the Persecution of Dissenters in the USSR, June 1970 (14.5)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> RIGA On 7 November 1969 [anniversary of 1917 October Revolution, ed.] E. Liepin and Misulovich were arrested on a charge of infringing Article 183-2 of the Latvian SSR Criminal Code (corresponding to Article 190-2 of the Russian Code): "gross disrespect towards the State flag" (in fact of burning the … Continue reading The Soviet Press on the Persecution of Dissenters in the USSR, June 1970 (14.5)
