<<No 42 : 8 October 1976>> Dnepropetrovsk Special Psychiatric Hospital Yevdokimov (CCE 39) is in a serious physical condition (he has asthma and aching in his bones) and his morale is low. He has admitted that he faked mental illness, but so far he is being denied a fresh diagnosis. Plakhotnyuk (CCE 39) is feeling … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, Oct 1976 (42.5)
& Psychiatric Hospitals (46.13) <<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> In Exile, Aug 1977 (46.12) Vasily Stus (CCE 45) is working in a mine as a scraper. He lives in a hostel. He is feeling very ill. In September he had to spend some time in hospital. In June his wife came to visit him … Continue reading In Exile, Aug 1977 (46.12)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> At the end of December 1976 Josyp Terelya (CCE 43) sent the KGB Chairman Yu.V. Andropov, an open letter (17 pages), [note 1] in which he described his life. Born in 1943, he had spent 14 years in camps, prisons and the Sychyovka Special Psychiatric Hospital (SPH), and the … Continue reading Psychiatric Hospitals, May 1977 (45.14)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» * Special Psychiatric Hospitals This section has been compiled from material in the Information Bulletins of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes: Nos. 2, 10 Sept; 3, 19 Oct; & 4, 5 Nov. * Kazan Special Psychiatric Hospital (SPH) The women’s sections have … Continue reading Psychiatric Hospitals, November 1977 (47.12)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> There follows a list of some forty inmates of Vladimir Prison No 2 (600020, Vladimir, penal institution OD-I/ST-2), convicted under articles of the Criminal Code relating to "especially dangerous State crimes” [see Comment, below]. [Surnames are listed in Russian alphabetical order, cf. CCE 46.23 (1977)]. *** Anatoly Avakov – … Continue reading Some inmates of Vladimir Prison, 1972 (27.5)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> Vladimir llych TRIFONOV (b. 1938, Kalinin Region, Central Russia). In 1966 Trifonov was studying at the physics faculty of the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute. He frequently argued with teachers in the department of political economy. As a result, a psychiatric examination was arranged for him. The examination lasted five minutes, … Continue reading Political Prisoners in Psychiatric Hospitals, 1972 (26.5)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> The Chronicle possesses the following information on persons being held in Special Psychiatric Hospitals (SPH) under ‘political’ articles of the Criminal Code. Dnepropetrovsk SPH Anatoly Anisimov (b. 1950, from Trans-Carpathia) – has been in the SPH since 1970; sentenced under Article 76(?). Boris Dmitrievich Yevdokimov (b. 1923, … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, March 1976 (39.3)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> This section has been compiled largely from Information Bulletins of the Working Commission (to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes): 9 (9 June 1978), 10 (10 August) and 11, the special edition about the trial [note 1]. * Arrest and Investigation Alexander Podrabinek was arrested at the flat … Continue reading Alexander Podrabinek’s Trial, 15 Aug 1978 (50.7)
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