«No 9 : 31 August 1969» MOSCOW [1] Galina Gabai, the wife of Ilya Gabai, is a speech therapist and teacher of literature at the Moscow inter-regional high-school for the deaf and hard of hearing. The Party committee of the Sverdlovsk district of Moscow asked the school administration to deprive Mrs Gabai of her teaching … Continue reading Extrajudicial political persecution, August 1969 (9.8)
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The deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 February 1974 (32.1)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> On 13 February 1974, after a prolonged and large-scale persecution campaign in the press, Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was deported from the Soviet Union. The immediate cause was the publication of his GULag Archipelago by the YMCA Press (CCE 30.16).[1] The circumstances surrounding the publication of this book, as well … Continue reading The deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 February 1974 (32.1)
Samizdat update, February 1969 (6.8)
<<No 6 : 28 February 1969>> 1. Roy Medvedev, Before the Court of History This book has long been known to a narrow circle but has only begun to circulate widely in samizdat. It is a three-volume study of the life and personality of J.V. Stalin, his administration and his crimes. 2. “Svetlana Stalin and … Continue reading Samizdat update, February 1969 (6.8)
Samizdat update, April 1969 (7.11)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» 1. A. Antipov, "From Intellectual Chaos to the Coordination of Intellects" In essence the author puts forward a systematised programme for samizdat - although he does not employ this particular term, preferring to use "uncensored literature" of "literature circulated in typescript". The author considers that the current development of … Continue reading Samizdat update, April 1969 (7.11)
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