<< No 35 : 31 March 1975 >> The Final Speech of Ilya Gabai at his Trial (Tashkent, 21 January 1970) Although more than five years have passed since the trial of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev (CCE 12.3), Gabai’s concluding statement at his trial has only recently begun to circulate in samizdat. Without attempting … Continue reading Ilya Gabai’s “Final Words”, 21 January 1970 (35.13)
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Илья Габай
The Death of Ilya Gabai (1935-1973), 30.1
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> ♦ Ilya Yankelevich GABAI is dead. He committed suicide on 20 October by jumping from the balcony of his 11th-floor flat ♦ More than a hundred people gathered at the Nikolskoye Crematorium in Moscow to pay their last respects to him. His ashes have been interred beside his … Continue reading The Death of Ilya Gabai (1935-1973), 30.1
Extra-judicial Persecution, August 1970 (15.9)
<<No 15 : 31 August 1970>> N.P. Lisovskaya, Master of biological sciences and an employee of the USSR Academy of Sciences' Institute of Plant Physiology, was dismissed in July on the grounds of redundancy. The reason – private letters written two years ago in defence of A. Marchenko. * V[ladimir] Miloshevich, research officer at the … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, August 1970 (15.9)
The Trial of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev, 12-19 January 1970 (12.3)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» From 12 to 19 January 1970 the case of Ilya GABAI and Mustafa DZHEMILEV was heard in the Tashkent City Court. Ilya Gabai, from Moscow, was arrested after innumerable searches of his flat (CCE 8.4) and, although charged under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code, he was sent … Continue reading The Trial of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev, 12-19 January 1970 (12.3)
News in brief, December 1968 (5.4)
<<No 5 : 31 December 1968>> [1] In the Crimea there are periodic police raids on Tatars who have returned home. On 15 July 1968, eleven Crimean Tatar families were brutally manhandled at the 'Bolshevik' state farm in the Krasnogvardeisky (Red Guard) district. Since the publication of the decree of 5 September 1967, only eighteen … Continue reading News in brief, December 1968 (5.4)
News in brief, October 1969 (10.15)
«No 10 : 31 October 1969» [1] On 13 June the poet Ivan Sokulsky, who is about 30 years old, was arrested in Dnepropetrovsk [South-east Ukraine]. He had earlier been dismissed from his job and expelled from Dnepropetrovsk University where he was in his fifth year. After this he worked as a fireman and then … Continue reading News in brief, October 1969 (10.15)
Investigation of the cases of Gabai and Grigorenko, August 1969 (9.6)
«No 9 : 31 August 1969» When Galina Gabai [CCE 9.8], wife of Ilya GABAI, addressed a complaint to the Procurator-General, protesting not only against the unlawful arrest of her husband, but also against his being sent to Tashkent without the slightest reason—according to the law the investigation should be held in the place where … Continue reading Investigation of the cases of Gabai and Grigorenko, August 1969 (9.6)
Arrests of officers in the Baltic Fleet, May 1969 (10.5)
«No 10 : 31 October 1969» Following inexact and partially contradictory reports of arrests [CCE 8.14, item 7], of Baltic Fleet officers the Chronicle is now publishing accurate information. In May 1969 the naval officers Gavrilov, Kosyrev and Paramonov were arrested in Paldiski, a town near Tallinn, and in Kaliningrad [on the Baltic coast near … Continue reading Arrests of officers in the Baltic Fleet, May 1969 (10.5)
First anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1969 (9.1)
«No 9 : 31 August 1969» [1] On 20 August 1969 a group of Soviet citizens issued the following declaration: "On 21 August last year a tragic event took place: Czechoslovakia, a friendly country, was invaded by Warsaw Pact Troops. “The aim of this action was to put a stop to the process of democratisation … Continue reading First anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1969 (9.1)
The arrest of Ilya Gabai, 19 May 1969 (8.4)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» When Ilya Gabai's flat was searched on 7 May this year, his archive of documents relating to the Crimean Tatars was confiscated. On 19 May Ilya Gabai was arrested and sent to Tashkent to be investigated by the same Berezovsky [who interrogated Pyotr Grigorenko, see Chronicle 8.3]. Ilya Gabai … Continue reading The arrest of Ilya Gabai, 19 May 1969 (8.4)
