[1] Danylo Shumuk (CCE 28.16) has already applied twice to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet to have his Soviet citizenship withdrawn (10 December 1972; 10 December 1973). On 1 August 1974 Shumuk appealed to the UN Human Rights Commission: “As I have already appealed twice to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet … Continue reading Letters and Statements, May 1975 (36.11)
Tag: Bogoraz, Larisa*
Лариса Богораз
Soviet Dissent and “Index on Censorship”
A LETTER FROM MOSCOW (8 August 1968) The original impetus for the creation of the Index on Censorship magazine came from an Open Letter addressed "To World Public Opinion" by two Soviet dissenters, Pavel Litvinov and Larisa Bogoraz. Larisa Bogoraz and Pavel Litvinov, Moscow Describing "the atmosphere of illegality" surrounding the January 1968 trial of … Continue reading Soviet Dissent and “Index on Censorship”
The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (1938-1986)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1986 (22/23-1, 15 December). On 8 December 1986 Anatoly MARCHENKO (b. 1938), a political prisoner for many years, died in the maximum-security Chistopol Prison (Tatarstan). For several months prior to his death, he had been on hunger strike, started on 8 August 1986 (1986: 17-7, 15 September). Official reports of his death … Continue reading The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (1938-1986)
Women Activists and Prisoners, 1968-1982
in A Chronicle of Current Events (1968-1983). <<Other texts and documents>> Viewing an earlier version of this website, the late Marjorie FARQUHARSON commented, "I don't see many women here, John." I looked and they were there, but not as visible as they could be. S.A. Kovalyov, Tatyana Khodorovich, Tatyana Velikanova, G. Podyapolsky, A. Levitin-Krasnov One … Continue reading Women Activists and Prisoners, 1968-1982
The Case of Anatoly Marchenko, 31 March 1975 (35.2)
«No 35 : 31 March 1975» Biography 1958 – Anatoly Marchenko, a 20-year-old master driller, was found guilty of participating in a brawl. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. (Later the case was reviewed and the sentence was changed to two years’ imprisonment.) 1959 – Marchenko escaped from a labour camp in Karaganda [Kazakhstan]. … Continue reading The Case of Anatoly Marchenko, 31 March 1975 (35.2)
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)
Political prisoners and exiles, April 1969 (7.4)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» [1] After prolonged discussions a proposed hunger strike in Camp 17 of the Mordovian complex did not take place as the camp authorities made concessions : the illegal decision, depriving Valery Ronkin of a visit, was withdrawn. [2] At the beginning of April 1968 Valentin Moroz was sent back … Continue reading Political prisoners and exiles, April 1969 (7.4)
The Soviet press on the Red Square demonstrators’ trial, October 1968 (4.2)
<<No 4 : 31 October 1968>> On 10 October 1968 the following official announcement appeared in the papers Moskovskaya pravda [Moscow pravda] and Vechernyaya Moskva [Evening Moscow] [note 1] "IN THE MOSCOW CITY COURT"On 9 October the criminal trial began in Moscow of K. I. Babitsky, L. I. Bogoraz-Brukhman, V. N. Delaunay, V. A. Dremlyuga … Continue reading The Soviet press on the Red Square demonstrators’ trial, October 1968 (4.2)
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