<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> From 1957 to 1963 Revolt Pimenov (b. 1931) served six years for “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda” (CCE 15.3). In 1964 he defended his thesis for a master’s degree in mathematics, and in 1969 his doctoral thesis. Before the latter could be ratified, in the summer of 1970, Pimenov was … Continue reading Extrajudicial Persecution (51.18)
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Александр Галич
Samizdat Update (48.24)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> L. Kopelev: ‘In Memory of Alexander Galich’ (February 1978, 12 pp) -- Alexander Galich, 1918-1977 * R. Lert: ‘Full Circle...’ (February 1978, 13 pp) -- An essay written in April 1977 (it says that the crushing of dissenters is reviving the patterns of demagoguery of the 1930s and 1940s, CCE … Continue reading Samizdat Update (48.24)
Extra-judicial Persecution, March 1972 (24.10)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> MOSCOW [1] Alexander Galich, previously expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers (CCE 23) has also been expelled from the Literary Fund [Litfond] and the Union of Soviet Cinematographers. [38] [2] At the end of January 1972 the writer Vladimir Maximov was summoned by the secretary of the Moscow … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, March 1972 (24.10)
Samizdat update, January 1972 (23.9)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] Yu. Glazov, V. Kabachnik, V. Turkina, Yu. Shtein, “A message from friends" An Open Letter on the expulsion of Alexander Galich from the USSR Union of Writers. [113] . . Fifteen writers, by voting for his expulsion,have covered themselves with a new shame: We shall remember the names … Continue reading Samizdat update, January 1972 (23.9)
News in Brief, January 1972 (23.7)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] TASHKENT At the end of July 1971 two members of the national movement of the Crimean Tatar people were convicted -– Aishe Seitmuratova, [note 1] a [history] lecturer at Samarkand University, and Lenur [or Denur?] Ibragimov, a teacher. They were charged with the preparation and circulation of material … Continue reading News in Brief, January 1972 (23.7)
The Committee for Human Rights in the USSR, 4 November 1970 (17.4)
«No 17 : 31 December 1970» The Committee for Human Rights, consisting of Academician A.D. Sakharov and physicists A.N. Tverdokhlebov and V.N. Chalidze, was formed in Moscow on 4 November 1970. Valery Chalidze, 1938-2018 The committee formulated five principles underlying its activities: "1. The Committee for Human Rights is a creative association acting in accordance … Continue reading The Committee for Human Rights in the USSR, 4 November 1970 (17.4)
The deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 February 1974 (32.1)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> On 13 February 1974, after a prolonged and large-scale persecution campaign in the press, Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was deported from the Soviet Union. The immediate cause was the publication of his GULag Archipelago by the YMCA Press (CCE 30.16).[1] The circumstances surrounding the publication of this book, as well … Continue reading The deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 February 1974 (32.1)
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