<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Pentecostals, Baptists, "From the pages of the Soviet Press" Pentecostals In March, the Muscovite Anatoly Vlasov (CCEs 46, 47) sent a statement to the KGB attached to the Council of Ministers of the Belorussian SSR, demanding the return of his property (13 objects), confiscated from him during a search on … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, 1978 (49.14)
Tag: Article 142*
Separation of Church and State, Church and School
A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)
In CCE 40.16 (“Letters and Statements”) there was a short summary of a letter from Lev REGELSON and the Orthodox priest Gleb YAKUNIN, sent in March 1976 to Philip Potter, Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches (WCC ). The Chronicle considers it necessary to give a more detailed account of this letter. The authors … Continue reading A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)
Political Prisoners, 1 February 1987 (KGB report)
<<Other texts and documents>> KGB report to Gorbachev (Bukovsky Archives online). The numbers then serving a sentence under Articles 70, 190-1 and 142 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. One third held in psychiatric institutions; encouraging applications for a pardon from such prisoners; terms of release terms eased [Russian 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch] (9 pp) Excerpts. … Continue reading Political Prisoners, 1 February 1987 (KGB report)
The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, January 1972 (23.8)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] The trial of the priest Juozas Zdebskis (see CCE 21.9 and CCE 22.8, item 6) who was arrested on 26 August in Prienai, took place on 11 November 1971 in the people’s court of the Kaunas district. Zdebskis had been brutally beaten while in police custody, and until … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, January 1972 (23.8)
The Trial of Anatoly Levitin-Krasnov, May 1971 (20.7)
<< No 20 : 2 July 1971 >> On 8 May 1971 the measure of restraint imposed on Anatoly Krasnov, who was at liberty during the investigation, was changed: he was taken into custody. Anatoly Krasnov-Levitin (1915-1991) On 19 May 1971 the Moscow City Court convened at the premises of the Lyublino district court to … Continue reading The Trial of Anatoly Levitin-Krasnov, May 1971 (20.7)
