<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> The visit of American President Nixon [note 1] to the USSR (22-30 May) was accompanied by some curious activities on the part of the authorities. * From 1 May 1972 onwards, the following were summoned to district police-stations in Moscow: T. S. Khodorovich, a member of the Action Group … Continue reading “In Honour of Nixon” (26.7)
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Рой Медведев
Miscellaneous Reports, pt 2 (51.19)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> UKRAINE At the end of August, a parcel of informational material of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group disappeared from the possession of S. Belokon, a resident of Kiev who was then in Moscow (in his words it was “lost’ by him). Soon afterwards S. Belokon, a Master of Historical Science, … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, pt 2 (51.19)
Writer-Parasites, March 1978 (48.19)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Writer-Parasites (48.19) and In the Central House of Writers (48.20) Writer-Parasites (48.19) Since the beginning of 1978, the activity of the administrative authorities aimed at classifying a number of writers living in the USSR as ‘parasites' or ‘persons leading a parasitical way of life' (the best known of the previous … Continue reading Writer-Parasites, March 1978 (48.19)
Related texts (1974)
<<Other texts and documents>> Français : Deutsch : Other languages. Russian version published abroad Publishers Amsterdam = Herzen Institute, Amsterdam (CCE 11.15, item 4) Frankfurt = Possev Verlag, Frankfurt-am-Main (FRG) New York = Chalidze Press (1973 onward) Paris = YMCA Press, Paris ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITIONS (AND TAMIZDAT) Amalrik, Andrei, Will the Soviet Union survive until 1984? … Continue reading Related texts (1974)
News in Brief, November 1971 (22.8)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> [1] On 27 January 1971 Ostap Pastukh, a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature, was arrested in the village of Petrichi in the Busk District of the Lvov Region. The following is known of O. Pastukh: he is about 40, a graduate of the Philology Faculty of Lvov University; … Continue reading News in Brief, November 1971 (22.8)
KGB report about samizdat: 15 January 1971 (St 119-11)
<<Other texts and documents>> Secretariat circulates KGB report, dated 21 December 1970 (Bukovsky Archives online). Notes the recent evolution of samizdat from literary works to political publications; recommends obstruction and suppression of this trend. [Russian 15 January 1971, St 119-11], 5 pp. ================================ [Page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF … Continue reading KGB report about samizdat: 15 January 1971 (St 119-11)
The Confinement of Zhores Medvedev in a Psychiatric Hospital, June 1970 (14.3)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> (In this account of events Roy Medvedev's detailed notes have been used.) On the evening of 29 May 1970 Zhores Medvedev was taken from his flat in Obninsk, Kaluga Region, to the Kaluga city psychiatric hospital for "diagnosis" and "observation”. A group of policemen led by a major, the … Continue reading The Confinement of Zhores Medvedev in a Psychiatric Hospital, June 1970 (14.3)
Samizdat update, April 1970 (13.9)
<< No 13 : 30 April 1970 >> 1. A.D. Sakharov, V.F. Turchin and R.A. Medvedev,"A letter to Party and government leaders" (dated 19 March 1970) A scholar with a world-wide reputation, "the father of the hydrogen bomb", Academician A.D. Sakharov, the research physicist V.F. Turchin who is author of the well-known samizdat pamphlet "The … Continue reading Samizdat update, April 1970 (13.9)
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