<<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> GERMANS Artur Marsal and his wife Nina, who live in Dushanbe, have been trying for three years to obtain permission to emigrate to West Germany, On 7 April they sent a statement to Shchelokov complaining about the OVIR office of the Tajikistan MVD and remarking that the number of … Continue reading The Right to Leave, Nov 1979 (54.20-2)
Tag: Emigration (Pentecostalists)*
The Right to Leave, August 1979 (53.25-2)
<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> JEWS Several letters have been sent to the US Congress by Jewish refuseniks who are activists in the movement for emigration. In reply to statements by American officials claiming that the emigration policy of the Soviet government has become significantly more lenient (statements based on the increase in the … Continue reading The Right to Leave, August 1979 (53.25-2)
The Right to Leave, March 1977 (44.24)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> Germans In 1975 in the Karaganda Region three men were convicted under Article 170-1 (Kazakh SSR Criminal Code = Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Code): Valentin Vins and Anton Vinshu received 3 years each, and L. Vinshu received one year. In September 1976 Genrikh Reimer (CCEs 41, … Continue reading The Right to Leave, March 1977 (44.24)
Pentecostalists want to leave USSR, July 1974 (32.7)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> The sect called ‘Christians of the Evangelical Faith’, better known by the name ‘Pentecostalists’, was considered officially forbidden in the USSR until 1963. The ban on the sect’s activity was lifted in that year (the Pentecostalists are formally amalgamated with the Baptists) [note 1]. Communities of Pentecostalists are found … Continue reading Pentecostalists want to leave USSR, July 1974 (32.7)
The Right to Leave, Aug 1977 (46.9)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> In January 1977 the Chudnovsky family from Kiev applied for permission to emigrate to join their relatives in Israel. In April this was refused, without any explanations. They received no reply to their many appeals to State and Party authorities. The head of the family is Professor Volf Grigorevich … Continue reading The Right to Leave, Aug 1977 (46.9)
The Right to Leave, May 1977 (45.15)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> The Moscow Helsinki Group has made public Document No. 20, “On the Violation of the Right of Citizens to Emigrate,” [note 1] signed by Malva Landa, Elena Bonner, Naum Meiman and Vladimir Slepak. After a description of the general situation, it describes concrete cases of the violation of the … Continue reading The Right to Leave, May 1977 (45.15)
The Right to Leave, November 1977 (47.8-2)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» * Introduction (47.8-1) Pentecostalists (47.8-2) Those who Have Left (47.8-3) The Jewish movement (47.8-4) * PENTECOSTALISTS * SOVIET FAR EAST Primorsky Region (Krai) On 10 September Boris I. Perchatkin and V.F. Patrushev from Nakhodka (Primorsky Region) and M.I. Pimenov from Vladivostok addressed a letter to the participants of the … Continue reading The Right to Leave, November 1977 (47.8-2)
The Right to Leave, Nov 1979-April 1980 (56.20)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> MOSCOW. On 9 November 1979, at 1 pm, 70-year-old A.R. Agapova walked into Red Square carrying a banner with the words: “Brezhnev, Let the Agapov Family Leave!” Agapova, whose son went abroad and did not return, and her daughter-in-law have been trying for many years to leave the USSR … Continue reading The Right to Leave, Nov 1979-April 1980 (56.20)
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