<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> VERKHOLYAK Dmytro Kuzmich VERKHOLYAK (b. 1928). From 1947 he was in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). Arrested in 1955; a court in Ivano-Frankovsk sentenced him on 14 February 1956 to be shot, but this was changed to 25 years in the camps [1]. In the camps Verkholyak is working … Continue reading Political Prisoners in Mordovia, 1972 (25.6)
Solzhenitsyn to the Patriarch; Zheludkov’s reply, March-April 1972 (25.5)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> In March 1972 A. I. Solzhenitsyn sent a letter to Pimen, Patriarch of All Russia [1]. In answer to the appeal in the Patriarch’s Christmas message to all “Orthodox believers living abroad,” [2] that they should instil in their children a love for the Church and strengthen … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn to the Patriarch; Zheludkov’s reply, March-April 1972 (25.5)