«No 11 : 31 December 1969» [1] Andrei Amalrik, "An open letter to Anatoly Kuznetsov" Amalrik decided to write to Kuznetsov after hearing his "Appeal to all people" on the radio and reading his article, "The Russian writer and the KGB". Kuznetsov makes frequent reference to the absence of freedom in the USSR, but, as … Continue reading Samizdat update, December 1969 (11.14)
<<No 8 : 30 June 1969>> On 13-16 May this year, the Kiev Region Court examined the case of Boris Kochubievsky, accused under Article 187-1 of the Ukrainian SSR Criminal Code (which corresponds to Article 190 of the Russian Criminal Code). Kochubievsky was charged with making statements on the position of Jews in the USSR. … Continue reading The trial of Boris Kochubievsky, 13-16 May 1969 (8.1)
<<No 6 : 28 February 1969>> At the beginning of December 1968 a thirty-year-old radio engineer, Boris Kochubievsky, was arrested in Kiev. Boris Kochubievsky, b. 1936 In 1967 he spoke at a lecture on the international situation given at the radio factory where he worked, argued with the lecturer, and expressed his disagreement with the … Continue reading The case of Kochubievsky, February 1968 (6.2)
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