<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Starting with the March 1971 issue of the Chronicle, changes were made by the translators in their system of transliterating Ukrainian and Baltic names. Previously these were transliterated direct from the Russian forms. From CCE 18 onwards, the names of nationally-minded Ukrainians have been transliterated from their Ukrainian forms … Continue reading A note on transliteration (27.15)
Category: The “Chronicle” about itself
Additions and Corrections, December 1978 (51.23)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> The account of the case of Genrikas Jaškunas (CCEs 44 and CCE 48.15) can now be clarified and filled out. Investigators from Moscow and Leningrad, as well as from Lithuania, participated in the pre-trial investigation. The trial took place in the police headquarters in the town of Jonava. On … Continue reading Additions and Corrections, December 1978 (51.23)
Bibliographical Note, 1979 (CCE 51)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> The original Russian text of Chronicle 51, of which this book is a translation, appeared as a booklet without annotations, Khronika tekushchikh sobytii, Khronika Press: New York, 1979. * Earlier issues of the Chronicle are available in English from two main sources. Numbers 16-51 have been published by Amnesty … Continue reading Bibliographical Note, 1979 (CCE 51)
Corrections and Additions, July 1974 (32.23)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> From the information given in CCE 15.3 about the case of Revolt Pimenov it might have been thought that the doctor who was treating him, Dr Goland, took part in the psychiatric commission [1949] which at one time ruled him to be ‘schizophrenic’. This impression is not correct: according … Continue reading Corrections and Additions, July 1974 (32.23)
The Case of Gabriel Superfin, 1973-1974 (32.3)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> Gabriel Superfin (b. 1943), the author of a number of articles and works prepared for publication on the history of Russian literature and culture” [note 1], was arrested in Moscow on 3 July 1973 (see CCE 30.7). He was taken to Oryol [Orël, Central Russia], as one of the … Continue reading The Case of Gabriel Superfin, 1973-1974 (32.3)
Events in Lithuania, March 1977 (44.22)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> On 13-15 September 1976 in the Lithuanian Supreme Court the case of Genrikas Klimaškauskas and Zigmas Širvinskas under Article 199-1 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code (corresponding to Article 190-1 of the Russian Code) was heard in closed session. Klimaškauskas and Širvinskas were arrested on 13 February 1976 … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, March 1977 (44.22)
Letters and Statements, May 1978 (49.19)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> 1. 110 signatures: “To all the citizens of our country, to all honest people abroad” (March 1978) A protest against the deprivation of Soviet citizenship of P. G. Grigorenko (CCE 48.1), ending with the appeal: We appeal to all our compatriots, to all rational and honest people of the world, … Continue reading Letters and Statements, May 1978 (49.19)
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)
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