On 26 July 1972, the paper Evening Tbilisi [Vecherny Tbilisi] published an interview with the Rector of the Pushkin Pedagogical institute in Tbilisi, Natela Vasadze. it included, amongst other things, the following exchange: Correspondent -- At a recent Plenum of the City Council one of your teachers was criticised for performing religious ceremonies in a … Continue reading Materials from the Soviet press, 1972 (27.10)
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Samizdat update, October 1972 (27.13)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> [1] I. Alexandrov [?pseudonym] – “Brief Notes on the Present-Day Crisis” An essay containing an appraisal of the present state of affairs in the country and some forecasts for the future. The author feels that phenomena of crisis in the Soviet Union are starting to assume a universal character, … Continue reading Samizdat update, October 1972 (27.13)
In the prisons and camps (27.5)
Some inmates of Vladimir Prison <<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> There follows a list of some inmates of Vladimir Prison No 2 (address: 600020, Vladimir, [penal] institution OD-I/ST-2), convicted under articles of the Criminal Code relating to "especially dangerous State crimes”. [Surnames in Russian alphabetical order, see CCE 46.23]. * Anatoly Avakov – Article … Continue reading In the prisons and camps (27.5)
Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> (1) On 28 September 1972, a search was carried out at the flat of Yu.A. Shikhanovich [see CCE 24.10 and CCE 25]. Before it had been completed Shikhanovich was presented with a warrant for his arrest. He was driven away, and the search concluded without him, in the presence … Continue reading Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
The Expulsion of a Correspondent (26.6)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 5 May David Bonavia, Moscow correspondent of the London paper The Times, was ordered to leave the USSR. On the same day, the British government registered a protest. D. Bonavia is the twentieth foreign correspondent to be expelled from the USSR in the last two years. On 6 … Continue reading The Expulsion of a Correspondent (26.6)
Sakharov’s Friends and Enemies, December 1975 (38.1)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> On 9 October 1975 the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awarded the annual Nobel Prize for activities contributing to peace to Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov. Sakharov heard the news from foreign journalists on the evening of 9 October. He said: "I hope this will benefit political prisoners in our … Continue reading Sakharov’s Friends and Enemies, December 1975 (38.1)
Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion from the Writers’ Union, 4 November 1969 (11.1)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» On 4 November 1969 the great Russian writer Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was expelled from the Writers' Union by the Ryazan branch of the Writers' Union of the Russian Republic (RSFSR). Of the seven members of the Ryazan branch, six were present at the meeting: Vasily Matushkin (Ryazan); Sergei Baranov … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion from the Writers’ Union, 4 November 1969 (11.1)
Protests about the Galanskov-Ginzburg trial, Dec. 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 Galanskov-Ginzburg trial, Dec. 1967 to March 1968 (1.2)
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