<<No 52 : 1 March 1979>> [1] A QUESTIONNAIRE Given to Shagen Arutyunyan at Lefortovo (Moscow) KGB Investigations Prison in spring 1978. [*Paragraph 15 is apparently missing. The numeration given in the available copy of the Chronicle is preserved here.] * 1. When did he embark on his anti-Soviet activities? When he met Zatikyan and … Continue reading Official Documents, March 1979 (52.18)
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Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Nov 1977 (47.4)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The Arrest of Gely Snegiryov On 22 September 1977 the writer and cinematographer Gely Ivanovich SNEGIRYOV (b. 1927) was arrested in Kiev. * In 1974 Snegiryov was expelled from the Party, the Union of Writers and the Union of Cinematographers. In 1974-1976 Snegiryov’s heart condition became acute: haemorrhages occurred … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Nov 1977 (47.4)
Repressing Helsinki Groups: Armenia, 1977-1978 (48.5)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> The morning of 22 December 1977 saw the start of a major operation against the Armenian Helsinki Group. Group members Robert NAZARYAN, a deacon of the [Armenian Apostolic] church, and Shagen ARUTYUNYAN, a manual worker, were arrested and there were a number of simultaneous searches. The search warrants, issued … Continue reading Repressing Helsinki Groups: Armenia, 1977-1978 (48.5)
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