Лариса Богораз
<<No 63 : 31 December 1981>> On 18 March, the day after his arrest (CCE 62), Marchenko announced his refusal to take part in the investigation, giving as his reason that the KGB, in his opinion, was a criminal organization. Subsequently he wrote a statement about his refusal; as the CPSU controlled the KGB he … Continue reading The Trial of Marchenko, Sept 1981 (63.4)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> A Letter of Appeal to Soviet Scientists Yesterday the Moscow biologist Sergei Kovalyov was sentenced in Vilnius. According to the classic traditions of Soviet justice, he has been sentenced to ten years’ deprivation of liberty — seven years in camp and three in exile ... The glory … Continue reading Letters and Statements, March 1976 (39.11)
<<No 36 : 31 May 1975>> [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Shumuk (CCE 28.16) has already applied twice to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet to have his Soviet citizenship withdrawn (10 December 1972; 10 December 1973).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 … Continue reading Letters and Statements, May 1975 (36.11)
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 & “Index on Censorship”
«Vesti iz SSSR», 1986 (22/23-1, 15 December). On 8 December 1986 Anatoly T. 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 … Continue reading The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (1938-1986)
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
«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 A.T. Marchenko, 31 March 1975 (35.2)
«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)
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