«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)
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News in brief, August 1969 (9.10)
«No 9 : 31 August 1969» [1] On 26 August Anatoly Marchenko was sentenced under Article 190 of the Russian Criminal Code to a new term of imprisonment - two years. The trial took place in the settlement of Nyrob, in the Perm Region, within the camp zone. The witnesses consisted of prisoners convicted for … Continue reading News in brief, August 1969 (9.10)
The case of Yury Levin: Leningrad, 26 June 1969 (9.5)
«No 9 : 31 August 1969» As reported in the Chronicle [CCE 8.14, item 8], Yury Leonidovich Levin has been arrested in Leningrad. On 26 June 1969, he was summoned to appear before an investigator of the Leningrad Procuracy, Yu.M. Tumanov, and taken into custody. He was charged under article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal … Continue reading The case of Yury Levin: Leningrad, 26 June 1969 (9.5)
News in brief, June 1969 (8.14)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» [1] In mid-May 1969, workers at the Kiev Hydroelectric Station in the village of Beryozka met to discuss the housing problem: many of them are even now still living in prefabricated huts and railway coaches despite the authorities' promises to provide housing. The workers declared that they no longer … Continue reading News in brief, June 1969 (8.14)
The Leningrad trial, March-April 1968 (1.6)
<< No 1 : 30 April 1968 >> Between 14 March and 5 April 1968 seventeen Leningrad intellectuals were tried in the Leningrad City Court. Procurator Gusev and Judge Isakova (deputy chairman of Leningrad City Court) took part in the trial. All the accused were charged under two Articles of the RSFSF Criminal Code, 70 … Continue reading The Leningrad trial, March-April 1968 (1.6)
Extra-judicial repression, 1968-1969 (7.12)
No 7 : 30 June 1969 [DNEPROPETROVSK, 1-11] [1] S.Yu. Sheinin, from Dnepropetrovsk, one of the oldest journalists on the newspaper Zorya, has been expelled from the Party and dismissed, from work for a favourable review of the novel The Cathedral by Oles Honchar (Gonchar). [2] M.T. Skoryk from Dnepropetrovsk, employed by the newspaper Zorya, … Continue reading Extra-judicial repression, 1968-1969 (7.12)
Protests about the trial [December 1967 to March 1968] (1.2)
<< No 1 : 30 April 1968 >> The Moscow trial of Galanskov, Ginzburg, Dobrovolsky and Lashkova provoked a widespread response among the Soviet public. The first of these was an appeal, written while the trial was still in progress by Larissa Bogoraz and Pavel Litvinov, and addressed "To World Public Opinion". it described the … Continue reading Protests about the trial [December 1967 to March 1968] (1.2)
The fate of dissenters declared mentally ill, July 1969 (8.7)
«Issue 8 : 30 June 1969» In the course of July three court hearings [CCE 9.3] are expected which will involve the ordering of compulsory measures of a medical nature. A panel of forensic psychiatry experts from the Serbsky Institute in Moscow has pronounced Victor Kuznetsov, whose arrest the Chronicle [CCE 7.3] has already reported, … Continue reading The fate of dissenters declared mentally ill, July 1969 (8.7)
The Leningrad trial of 17-26 December 1968 (5.2)
<<No 5 : 31 December 1968>> Issues 3 and 4 of the Chronicle gave news about the arrest of several people [CCE 3.4] in Leningrad, and about the circumstances of their arrest [CCE 4.5]. *** In October two of the accused in this case, Nikolai Danilov and Yevgeny Shashenkov, were declared of unsound mind and … Continue reading The Leningrad trial of 17-26 December 1968 (5.2)
News in brief, May to October 1968 (4.7)
<<No 4 : 31 October 1968>> [1] In May and June 1968 the Supreme Court of the RSFSR considered the appeals of the Leningrad members of the All-Russian Social-Christian Union (CCE 1.6). The sentences on all those convicted were confirmed. Ogurtsov, sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and Sado, sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment, will, according … Continue reading News in brief, May to October 1968 (4.7)
Extra-judicial political repression in 1968-9, February 1969 (6.5)
<< No 6 : 28 February 1969 >> EVENTS IN GORKY In addition to the details given in CCE 5 [CCE 5.3, Nos 128-136], the Chronicle is now able to report the following. In April 1968 leaflets appeared at the Polytechnic, Pedagogical and Medical Institutes, and at the University of Gorky, calling on people to “follow … Continue reading Extra-judicial political repression in 1968-9, February 1969 (6.5)
Extra-judicial political persecution, 1968-1969 (8.12)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The Chronicle is changing the title of this regular section, since the material it receives has a wider range than the term "repression" suggests. Persecution of dissenters does not always go as far as direct repression such as dismissals, expulsions, reprimands and so on; it may take the form … Continue reading Extra-judicial political persecution, 1968-1969 (8.12)
Responses in Moscow to events in Czechoslovakia, July-August 1968 (3.1)
<<No 3 : 30 August 1968>> [1] On 26 July 1968, a thirty-year-old loader, Anatoly Marchenko, sent an open letter to the editors of the [Czechoslovak] newspapers Rude pravo, Literarni listiand Prace, voicing his protest against the campaign of slander and insinuations against Czechoslovakia, and speaking of the threat of intervention in that country. Two … Continue reading Responses in Moscow to events in Czechoslovakia, July-August 1968 (3.1)
