«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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The fate of Pyotr Grigorenko, June 1970 (14.2)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> On 13 May Academicians M.A. Leontovich and A.D. Sakharov, Master of physico-mathematical sciences V.F. Turchin and physicist V.N. Chalidze lodged a "Complaint concerning supervisory oversight" with USSR Procurator-General Rudenko against the decisions of the Tashkent City Court and the Uzbek Supreme Court (CCE 12.2) in the case of P.G. … Continue reading The fate of Pyotr Grigorenko, June 1970 (14.2)
The trial of P.G. Grigorenko, February 1970 (12.2)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» At the very end of the investigation into charges under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code further charges were added, under Articles 191-4 of the Uzbek Criminal Code and 70 of the Russian Code. Grigorenko's defence counsel, S.V. Kalistratova, learned this only at the trial, which opened on … Continue reading The trial of P.G. Grigorenko, February 1970 (12.2)
P.G. Grigorenko’s prison diary, February 1970 (12.1)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» The Chronicle has a copy of the diary written by P.G. Grigorenko during the period of imprisonment before his trial. It covers the time from his arrival in Tashkent and his arrest until the second forensic psychiatric diagnosis, inclusive. We reproduce the contents of this diary in condensed form … Continue reading P.G. Grigorenko’s prison diary, February 1970 (12.1)
News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» [1] On 5 December 1969 the traditional silent demonstration [CCE 6.9, item 3] was held on Pushkin Square. The first of these demonstrations was in support of Yu. Daniel and A. Sinyavsky, and took place on 5 December 1966, under the slogan "Respect the Constitution". This time about fifty … Continue reading News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
Investigation of the cases of Ilya Gabai and Pyotr 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 Ilya Gabai and Pyotr Grigorenko, August 1969 (9.6)
P.G. Grigorenko on the special psychiatric hospitals, December 1969 (11.2)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» In her book Midday [Polden] Natalya Gorbanevskaya includes the following account by P.G. Grigorenko. It is published here in abbreviated form. *** The idea of "special psychiatric hospitals" is not in itself without merit, but as for the way this idea is implemented in our country, there is nothing … Continue reading P.G. Grigorenko on the special psychiatric hospitals, December 1969 (11.2)
The arrest of Pyotr Grigorenko, 7 May 1969 (8.3)
<<No 8 : 30 June 1969>> On 7 May 1969 P.G. Grigorenko was arrested in Tashkent and charged under Article 191-4 of the Uzbek SSR Criminal Code (which corresponds to Article 190 of the RSFSR Criminal Code). *** Pyotr Grigorievich Grigorenko was born in 1907 in the village of Borisovka in Zaporozhe Region [south Ukraine]. … Continue reading The arrest of Pyotr Grigorenko, 7 May 1969 (8.3)
A clarification of nationalities policy, February 1969 (6.6)
No 6 : 28 February 1969 In February 1969 Dmitry Motyl, a student of the physics and chemistry faculty of the Mendeleyev Chemico-Technological Institute in Moscow, showed his friends an appeal by the Crimean Tatars to people of good will [CCE 2.4]. One of the students suggested to the Komsomol committee that they should express … Continue reading A clarification of nationalities policy, February 1969 (6.6)
Documents circulating in samizdat about the trial, October 1968 (4.3)
<<No 4 : 31 October 1968>> The letter of 28 August 1968 from Natalya Gorbanevskaya [CCE 3.3] to the editors of Rude Pravo, Unita, Humanite, The Morning Star and other foreign newspapers: an account of the events of 25 August. A letter from Anatoly Jakobson replying to accusations that the demonstration was "useless". A letter … Continue reading Documents circulating in samizdat about the trial, October 1968 (4.3)
