«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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Анатолий Тихонович МАРЧЕНКО
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 trial of Anatoly Marchenko: Perm Region, 22 August 1969 (10.1)
«No 10 : 31 October 1969» The Chronicle has already reported [CCE 9.10, item 1] that Anatoly Marchenko has been sentenced again, to two years' imprisonment in strict-regime camps, under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code. Marchenko's trial was held on 22 August in the reading room of the camp zone at Nyrob, a … Continue reading The trial of Anatoly Marchenko: Perm Region, 22 August 1969 (10.1)
Anatoly Marchenko again under investigation, May 1969 (8.9)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The fate of Anatoly Marchenko, author of the book My Testimony, is well-known to readers of the Chronicle. On 21 August 1968 he was sentenced to one year in a strict-regime camp, for "infringing the identity card regulations” [CCE 3.1, item 1]. The statement made by Marchenko's friends, that … Continue reading Anatoly Marchenko again under investigation, May 1969 (8.9)
The trial of Irina Belogorodskaya, 19 February 1969 (6.1)
<<No 6 : 28 February 1969>> On 19 February Irina Belogorodskaya was tried in Moscow. As reported in the third issue of the Chronicle [CCE 3.1], Belogorodskaya, an engineer at the Scientific Research Institute of the State Committee for Inventions, was arrested on the night of 7-8 August 1968, in connection with the distribution of … Continue reading The trial of Irina Belogorodskaya, 19 February 1969 (6.1)
Certain political prisoners sentenced for “betraying the Motherland”, October 1968 (4.4)
<<No 4 : 31 October 1968>> Article 13 of the [1948 Universal] Declaration of Human Rights states: Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. In the concept of "Betrayal … Continue reading Certain political prisoners sentenced for “betraying the Motherland”, October 1968 (4.4)
A letter by Anatoly Marchenko, April 1968 (2.6)
No 2, 30 June 1968 17 April 1968 Vladimir Region, Alexandrov, 27 Novinskaya St. To: the Chairman of the [USSR] Red Cross Society, G. A. Mitiryov; the Minister of Health of the USSR, B. V. Petrovsky; the Director of the Food Institute at the Academy of Medical Sciences, A. A. Pokrovsky; the Patriarch of All … Continue reading A letter by Anatoly Marchenko, April 1968 (2.6)
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)
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)
