<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> On 27 January 1980, Vladimir Andreyevich SHELKOV (CCE 55.7), Chairman of the All-Union Church of True and Free Seventh-Day Adventists [1], died at the age of 84. He was being held in a strict-regime camp in the Yakut ASSR (Soviet Far East), where he was serving a sentence. Vladimir … Continue reading The Death of Vladimir Shelkov (1896-1980)
The Death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1985 (17-1, 15 September) On 4 September 1985, political prisoner Vasyl Stus died in special-regime camp Perm 389/36-1. * Vasyl Semyonovich STUS (b. 8 January 1938) was an outstanding Ukrainian poet and journalist. First arrested in January 1972 for publishing a poetry collection abroad and writing a number of articles for samizdat, … Continue reading The Death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
