<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> PERM (concluded) Camp 36 The camp ‘Diary’ is still being compiled. * Camp 36 is situated by a river in very marshy surroundings. During this year’s spring floods the camp was inundated — the water came to about knee height. The whole camp was evacuated to a nearby hilltop … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, Aug 1979 (53.19-2)
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Валерий Марченко
In the Prisons and Camps, Oct 1976 (42.4-3)
<<No 42 : 8 October 1976>> * Letters and Declarations from Political Prisoners M. Simchich to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In 1949 Miroslav Vasilevich Simchich (b. 1923) was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment by a military tribunal in Ivano-Frankovsk, for being a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The aim … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, Oct 1976 (42.4-3)
Letters & Statements of Political Prisoners, 1977 (47.9-3)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» Mordovian Camp 1 (special-regime) Open Letter to L.I. Brezhnev, concerning the draft USSR Constitution from N. Yevgrafov, Eduard Kuznetsov, Alexei Murzhenko, Mykhaylo Osadchy, Bohdan Rebrik, P. Saranchuk, Yury Fyodorov and Danilo Shumuk After a number of sharp ‘queries’ revealing the difficult conditions prisoners endure, the authors write: “We could … Continue reading Letters & Statements of Political Prisoners, 1977 (47.9-3)
In Exile, April-July 1980 (57.20)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> After seven years imprisonment Zoryan POPADYUK arrived from the Perm camps to serve his five-year exile sentence in the Far Eastern Magadan Region; Popadyuk was arrested on 28 March 1973. He suffers from tuberculosis, which he contracted in Vladimir Prison. In April 1980, after three years imprisonment, Merab KOSTAVA … Continue reading In Exile, April-July 1980 (57.20)
Prisons & Camps, August 1977 (46.10-2)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> (For more about the prisoners mentioned below, see the "List of Prisoners", CCE 46.23) Perm Camps Camp 35 Yevgeny Pronyuk's state of health has sharply deteriorated; he finds it difficult to rise from his bed. Pronyuk has tuberculosis of the lungs. Before his arrest part of one of his … Continue reading Prisons & Camps, August 1977 (46.10-2)
Political Prisoners’ Statements, 1978 (49.8-2)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> FATHER VASYL ROMANYUK Vasyl Romanyuk: To the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Father Vasyl Romanyuk (Mordovian Camp 1) declares that he has always considered himself a member of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. He asks for a foreign lawyer to be found for himself, and for help in … Continue reading Political Prisoners’ Statements, 1978 (49.8-2)
The Death of Valery Marchenko (1947-1984)
"Vesti iz SSSR", 1984 (19/20-1, 31 October). Valery MARCHENKO died in Leningrad on 7 October 1984. On 13 September he was flown from the Perm-35 camp for political prisoners to the penal system's F.J Haass Hospital at 1 Khokhryakov Street in Leningrad. He was already in a critical condition: his kidneys had ceased to function … Continue reading The Death of Valery Marchenko (1947-1984)
Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9-2)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The Perm Camps On 4 October, the day the CSCE Conference opened in Belgrade, political prisoners in Camps 35 and 36 held a hunger-strike. It is known that the hunger-strike in Camp 36 lasted a week, about 15 people taking part in it. 30 October, “Political Prisoners’ Day”, was … Continue reading Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9-2)