«No 10 : 31 October 1969» After spending four months in the KGB isolation prison at Saransk, where the attempt to “re-educate” him failed, the artist Yury Ivanov has been sent to Camp 17 of the Mordovian complex. Before Saransk, Ivanov was at Camp 11, which has now been broken up and its inmates dispersed. … Continue reading The fate of Yury Ivanov, October 1969 (10.9)
Mordovia hunger strikes, Nov-Dec ’69 (11.4)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» In November-December 1969 there was a wave of hunger-strikes in the Potma camps for political prisoners: Dubrovlag (Institution 385) [see Map 3]. * In the work area of Camp 3 (not to be confused with the hospital area which is also a part of Camp 3) there was a … Continue reading Mordovia hunger strikes, Nov-Dec ’69 (11.4)
