No 5 : 31 December 1969 5.1 SURVEY OF SAMIZDAT IN 1968 [1] Notable prose works appearing in samizdat during previous years. Ginzburg, Krutoi marshrut (1967 (in Grani 64-8, Frankfurt); Into the Whirlwind (London 1967) Shalamov stories published 1966-1970 in Novy zhurnal (New York); two included in Michael Scammell (ed), Russia's Other Writers (1970). Lidiya … Continue reading Commentary No 5 (December 1968)
Tag: Kostyorin A.Ye.*
Алексей Е. Костерин
Grigorenko’s 1968 address to the Crimean Tatars
See "Survey of samizdat in 1968" (Chronicle of Current Events, 31 December 1968, 5.1, item 11) Let me express the views of Kostyorin and myself on the immediate problems of your movement. It will soon be twenty-five years since your people were cast out of their homes, were expelled from the land of their forefathers, … Continue reading Grigorenko’s 1968 address to the Crimean Tatars
The trial of I. Yakhimovich and other trials, April 1970 (13.8)
« No 13 : 30 April 1970» From 15 to 18 April a repeat trial of Ivan Yakhimovich was held (CCE 9.3 and CCE 11.15, item 22), following a second expert examination at the Serbsky Institute. The team of experts once again declared I. Yakhimovich to be of unsound mind, but with the reservation that … Continue reading The trial of I. Yakhimovich and other trials, April 1970 (13.8)
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)
The arrest of Vladimir Gershuni, 18 October 1969 (11.6)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» Vladimir Lvovich Gershuni (b. 1930) is a nephew of the founder of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party [1], G. A. Gershuni. In 1949 Vladimir Gershuni was arrested and sentenced by decision of the Special Board [i.e. in effect by the security police] to ten years in special camps for his part … Continue reading The arrest of Vladimir Gershuni, 18 October 1969 (11.6)
Activities surrounding A.Ye. Kostyorin’s family, April 1969 (7.10)
«Issue 7 : 30 April 1969» Members of the KGB have paid a great deal of "attention" to Vera Ivanovna Kostyorina, the author's widow, since her husband's death [CCE 5.1, item 12]. They keep ringing her up, asking about her health, visiting her at home and inviting her to come and see them - at the … Continue reading Activities surrounding A.Ye. Kostyorin’s family, April 1969 (7.10)
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 from … Continue reading Documents circulating in samizdat about the trial, October 1968 (4.3)
Survey of samizdat, December 1968 (5.1)
«No 5 : 31 December 1968» Samizdat is a specific medium for exercising freedom of expression in our country. During the last few years samizdat has evolved from a predominant concern with poetry and fiction towards an ever greater emphasis on journalistic and documentary writing. This is particularly true of 1968. In this year samizdat … Continue reading Survey of samizdat, December 1968 (5.1)
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