<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 1 August the Gomel Regional Court, presided over by P. P. Tsirkunov, sentenced Ye. Buzinnikov under Article 186-1 of the Belorussian Criminal Code (= Article 190-1 of the Russian Code) to 3 years in strict-regime camps. The prosecutor at the trial was Procurator E.G. Maslakova; there was no … Continue reading The Trial of Buzinnikov, 28 July to 1 August 1978 (51.3)
Tag: Belorussian SSR*
In Defence of Davidovich, 1975-1976 (39.4)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> On 9 May 1975, at 12 noon, on the thirtieth anniversary of the victory over German fascism, a Jewish anti-fascist meeting took place in Minsk. War veterans, former partisans and young people gathered in the former ghetto district. About five hundred people were present, including Jews from … Continue reading In Defence of Davidovich, 1975-1976 (39.4)
Yefim Davidovich, 1924-1976 (40.6)
<<No. 40 : 20 May 1976>> Yefim Aronovich DAVIDOVICH, retired colonel and veteran of the Second World War, holder of eighteen medals and military honours, died on 24 April 1976; he spent his last years fighting for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel. Davidovich (right) with other Jewish war heroes Alshansky and … Continue reading Yefim Davidovich, 1924-1976 (40.6)
Religious Persecution, October 1970 (16.6)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> At the end of October 1970, the Catholic church was closed in the village of Zarechanka (formerly Balya-Kostyolnaya) in the Grodno Region of Belorussia. The village forms part of the Suvorov collective farm (kolkhoz). The church was closed on the instructions of the local authorities. It was turned into … Continue reading Religious Persecution, October 1970 (16.6)
News in Brief, August 1970 (15.10)
«No 15 : 31 August 1970» [1] Pyotr Grigoryevich GRIGORENKO is still being held (CCE 14.2) in the Psychiatric Hospital in Chernyakhovsk [Kaliningrad Region]. On 3 July his wife Z.M. Grigorenko, his son Andrei and his son's fiancée travelled there to visit him. The head of the hospital, Major Belokopytov, refused to allow the visit … Continue reading News in Brief, August 1970 (15.10)
Religious persecution, June 1970 (14.8)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> VITEBSK [Belorussia] In December 1969 criminal proceedings were taken against Mikhail Sych, the leader of a group of "Seventh-day Adventists" (the newspaper Vitebsk Worker of 26 November 1969 wrote of this group in an article entitled "Tanya's misfortune"). On 6 December Galina Alexandrovna Gavrilyuk, a 38-year-old manual worker, called … Continue reading Religious persecution, June 1970 (14.8)
Those arrested in 1970: Supplement 2, January 1971 (17.15)
«No 17 : 31 December 1970» January 1971 Supplement to Chronicle No 17 PART TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED, OR ARRESTED AND TRIED IN 1970 For the information on individuals (see Part 1, CCE 17.14) * 1. RUSSIAN SOVIET FEDERATED SOCIALIST REPUBLIC MOSCOW Andrei Alexeyevich AMALRIK, b. 1938, commentator. Arrested 21 May; Article 190-1; three years hard … Continue reading Those arrested in 1970: Supplement 2, January 1971 (17.15)
Those arrested in 1969-1970 (17.14)
«No 17 : 31 December 1970» (January 1971 Supplement to Chronicle No 17) PERSONS CONVICTED / ARRESTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS IN 1969 & 1970 Those who appeared in an earlier such list (CCE 11.17), are marked with an asterisk. A reference is given in brackets to the issue of the Chronicle of Current Events which … Continue reading Those arrested in 1969-1970 (17.14)
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