«No 58 : November 1980» * 1-1. Trial: charges, witnesses ... 1-2. Trial: closing words, Soviet press, public response * THREE SECTIONS 1. Closing words The summing-up then began. * PROSECUTION The procurator’s speech began and ended with quotations from Lenin. In the middle he referred to the international situation, saying that Velikanova’s activities served … Continue reading Velikanova Trial, Aug ’80 (58.1-2)
Uniate Believers, Apr ’69 (7.5)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» * Uniate Believers again Persecuted. In spite of the [1936] USSR Constitution, which guarantees freedom of conscience, the Greek-Catholic or Uniate Church was forcibly liquidated in 1944 by organs of the MGB (KGB predecessor) in Western Ukraine. Priests who did not adopt the Orthodox faith were sent to camps … Continue reading Uniate Believers, Apr ’69 (7.5)