«No 47 : 30 November 1977» [1] Article 209 (“parasitism”) of the RSFSR Criminal Code On 7 August 1975, the Presidium of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet issued a Decree “On the introduction of amendments to Article 209 of the RSFSR Criminal Code” (Gazette of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet 1975, No. 33, p. 698). At the … Continue reading Five Official Documents, 1975-1977 (47.17)
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In Exile, April-May 1978 (49.9)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Yakutia. Before Vyacheslav Chomovil’s arrival at his place of exile (CCE 48), the local Party activists were informed that "an Enemy of the People" who had intended to overthrow the Soviet regime would soon be coming to the village. The local population were ordered, if they did not want 'measures … Continue reading In Exile, April-May 1978 (49.9)
Statement on the Crimean question , 1971 (31.13)
<<No 31 : 17 May 1974>> Statement of the Crimean Tatar people on the Crimean question in connection with the 24th Party Congress (1971, 9 pages) The present-day national movement goes back to the struggle of the Crimean Tatars against tsarist colonialist policies. “Blessed will be the minute”, – the statement quotes Russky Vestnik [the … Continue reading Statement on the Crimean question , 1971 (31.13)
Religious Persecution, September 1971 (21.9)
<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> Lithuania PRIENAI. On 26 August Juozas Zdebskis, vicar of the Roman-Catholic church in Prienai, was arrested by officers of the Lithuanian Procuracy. J. Zdebskis is a popular figure among believers, and is well-known and respected by the Lithuanian intelligentsia [CCE 18.10, item 18]. He had been teaching the catechism … Continue reading Religious Persecution, September 1971 (21.9)
An Appeal by the Crimean Tatar People, April 1971 (19.5)
<<No 19 : 30 April 1971>> Appeal of the Crimean Tatar People to the 24th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, to the Soviet Press, to All Communists (The Appeal is here reproduced in an abridged form) The Central Committee of the Communist Party is well aware of the existence in the USSR of the … Continue reading An Appeal by the Crimean Tatar People, April 1971 (19.5)
Additions and Corrections to Chronicle No. 14, August 1970 (15.12)
<<No 15 : 31 August 1970>> [1] "The Soviet press on the persecution of dissenters” section. The newspaper report from Riga contains an error: for Misulovich read Misudovin. [2] In the report of the trial of Zaitsev the defence counsel Kheifits was called the Procurator [in some copies of the Chronicle, but not that received … Continue reading Additions and Corrections to Chronicle No. 14, August 1970 (15.12)
The Arrest of Revolt Pimenov, July 1970 (15.3)
«No 15 : 31 August 1970» In July 1970 Doctor of sciences Revolt Ivanovich PIMENOV, a research officer at the Mathematical Institute, was arrested In Leningrad. (For the search of Pimenov's flat on 18 April, see CCE 13.10, items 17 & 18.) * Pimenov (b. 1931) graduated from the mathematics and mechanics faculty of Leningrad … Continue reading The Arrest of Revolt Pimenov, July 1970 (15.3)
KGB report about samizdat: 15 January 1971 (St 119-11)
<<Other texts and documents>> Secretariat circulates KGB report, dated 21 December 1970 (Bukovsky Archives online). Notes the recent evolution of samizdat from literary works to political publications; recommends obstruction and suppression of this trend. [Russian 15 January 1971, St 119-11], 5 pp. ================================ [Page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF … Continue reading KGB report about samizdat: 15 January 1971 (St 119-11)
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