<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Since the beginning of 1978, the activity of the administrative authorities aimed at classifying a number of writers living in the USSR as ‘parasites' or ‘persons leading a parasitical way of life' (the best known of the previous cases of this type was the Leningrad trial of Joseph Brodsky in … Continue reading Writer-Parasites, March 1978 (48.19)
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Lydia Chukovskaya, January 1974 (32.17-1)
<< No 32 : 17 July 1974 >> Expulsion from the USSR & Leningrad Writers Unions 17-1. Lydia Chukovskaya 17-2. Vladimir Voinovich 17-3. Dismissal of Yefim Etkind * expelled from the USSR Writers’ Union In March 1974, the Newsletter of the USSR Writers' Union Board Secretariat (an internal publication) contained the following announcement: In the … Continue reading Lydia Chukovskaya, January 1974 (32.17-1)
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