2. GUIDED SEARCH

(Updated January 2025)

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2. GUIDED SEARCH

REPUBLICS & CITIES, GENDER, ABBREVIATIONS

Two hundred names of places, people, publications and organisations are shown in the “Guided Search” (Tag Cloud) in the right-hand column of this page. It is one equivalent of an “Index” in a printed edition (but see Name Index with over 500 names).

TIP — The periodical names are at the top of the list; after that comes the alphabetically-ordered list of surnames, place names and names of organisations.

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[1] Soviet Republics and Cities

(see also Maps)

The described events mostly took place in the USSR in seven of its 15 constituent Union Republics, e.g. Ukraine (1969-1982). Certain Autonomous Republics (ASSR) within the various Union Republics, e.g. Yakut ASSR in the RSFSR, are also mentioned many times.

For ease of identification in the Tag Cloud major Republican or Regional Cities are written in upper case letters, e.g. RIGA.

Otherwise smaller urban settlements (towns) are distinguished from cities by the size of their population, whether at that time they had more or less than 50,000 inhabitants.

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[2] Gender

To avoid the uncertainty caused by the great variety of surname forms, female first names are always given, e.g. Chukovskaya Lydia*. Male names are indicated by one initial or, if clearer identification is needed, e.g. Kovalyov I.S.*, the first letter of the patronymic is also given.

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[3] Abbreviations (A-Z)

For the sake of brevity and convenience the following short forms of identification have been adopted:

Action Group = Action (or Initiative) Group for the Defense of Civil Rights in the USSR — «Инициативная группа по защите прав человека в СССР» (1969-1979; See CCE 8.10 and 1973 statement CCE 30.2).

Amnesty International = the International Secretariat, based in London (1961 to present); also the short-lived Soviet support group: «Международная амнистия» (1973-1976).

Bulletin of ECBC captives and their relatives, see CEBC Bulletin

Catholic Committee = Catholic Committee for the Defence of Believers’ Rights, organisation in Lithuania that aimed to defend the right to worship of all Christians, not just the majority Catholic population — Католический комитет защиты прав верующих. (December 1978 CCE 51.14)

CCE Archive = Archive of the Chronicle, Khronika Press: New York

CCECB = Council of Churches of Evangelical-Christians & Baptists (1965), unregistered (‘schismatic’, ‘reform’) congregations; cf. AUCECB (All-Union Council of ECB churches), registered congregations. See CCE 41.2-4.

CECB Bulletin = Bulletin of the Council of ECB Prisoners’ Relatives, from 1960s onwards (CCE 41.2-4).

Christian Committee = Christian Committee to Defend Believers’ Rights in the USSR, founded by Father Gleb Yakunin – Христианский комитет защиты прав верующих в СССР (1976-1980).

Christian Seminar = “Christian Seminar on Problems of the Religious Renaissance in Russia” founded by Alexander Ogorodnikov in 1974.

CHR = A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR, Khronika Press: New York (1973-1982)

Committee for Human Rights in the USSR, see Human Rights Committee

DMSU = Democratic Movement of the Soviet Union. General term, not a specific organisation. Anonynous claims by some to speak on behalf of several of the Union Republics (e.g. Ukraine) were disputed.

Disabled Action Group = Action Group for the Rights of the Disabled —  «Инициативная группа защиты прав инвалидов в СССР» (1978-1983; CCE 51.17).

Human Rights Committee = Committee for Human Rights in the USSR (1970-1974) [1]; CCE 17.4

LLC Chronicle = Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church (1972-1989; CCE 35.6 onwards).

Moscow Helsinki Group = Group for Monitoring Observation of the Final Accords — «Группа по наблюдению за выполнение Хелсингского соглашения» (1976-1982; CCE 40.14).

Newsletter (Information Bulletin) = Crimean Tatar newsheet, started in mid-1960s (CCE 31.11).

Poiski (Searches). Samizdat journal to which many dissenters contributed and of which several were editors (Abramkin, Gershuni, Pavlovsky et al.) — «Поиски» (1978-1980; see Social Issues, Veche, Poiski, Obshchina (1969-1980).

Religious Seminar = Group created and led by Alexander Ogorodnikov — «религиозно-философский семинар православной молодежи» (1976-1980; CCE 43.9 and see Social Issues, Veche, Poiski, Obshchina, 1969-1980).

Relief Fund = Fund for the Relief of Political Prisoners and their Families aka the Solzhenitsyn Fund — «Фонда  помощи политзаключенным и их семьям» (1974-1994; see CCE 44.3).

Roman Catholics = congregations in various Soviet Union Republics (Moldavia, Georgia). For the more organised Roman Catholic congregations of Lithuania, see the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania (LCC Chronicle).

Samizdat Archive = Records of the RFE/RL Research Institute (1956-1994), Central European University in Budapest (Hungary).

Social Issues = Social Problems. Periodical edited and issued by Valery Chalidze — «Общественные проблемы» (1969-1973). See Social Issues, Veche, Poiski, Obshchina (1969-1980). In 1972, Chalidze announced that Issue 15 of the periodical would be the last (see CCE 25.11 [1]).

TFSDA = True & Free Seventh Day Adventists, since 1928: see CCE 48.16-1 [2].

Ukraine Herald (Ukrainsky vestnik). Periodical in Ukrainian, edited by Viacheslav Chornovil and, after his arrest and imprisonment, by his wife Atena-Svyatomyra Pashko — «Украйнский вестник» (1970-1972).

United Nations = all persons or bodies to which Soviet human rights groups appealed: most commonly the UN Secretary General or the UN Commission on Human Rights – «Комиссия по правам человека ООН» (the Action Group famously appealed to the Commission five times, starting in 1969 CCE 8.10).

Veche (Moot, Gathering, Popular Assembly). Journal founded and edited, until its penultimate 9th issue by Vladimir Osipov — «Вече» (1971-1975; see Social Issues, Veche, Poiski, Obshchina, 1969-1980).

Vestnik RSKhD (Herald of the Russian [Student] Christian Movement). Founded in 1925 in Paris.

Working Commission = Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes — «Рабочая коммиссия по расследованию использования психиатрии в политических целях» (1977-1981; CCE 44.10).

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NOTES

  1. Changes in location of members and consultants /// of the Human Rights Committee.
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