ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page *** (1) Mustafa Dzhemilev has not been freed (2) The Trial of … Continue reading No 37 : 30 September 1975
Tag: Mordovian camps*
No 38 : 31 December 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Sakharov's friends and enemies (2) Before the trials of Kovalyov and … Continue reading No 38 : 31 December 1975
No 39 : 12 March 1976
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USSR CONTINUES Two of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Obituary — Grigory Podyapolsky [94] (2) IN THE CAMPS AND PRISONS Political … Continue reading No 39 : 12 March 1976
No 40 : 20 May 1976
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USSR CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page [*] (1) Statement by Tatyana Khodorovich TRIALS (2) The Trial of Andrei Tverdokhlebov [9] … Continue reading No 40 : 20 May 1976
No 41 : 3 August 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only one of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Suspension of the Case Against Mikhail Naritsa [69] (2) RELIGION IN … Continue reading No 41 : 3 August 1976
No 60 : 31 December 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page [*] (1) Statement on Chronicle 59 (confiscated by KGB) and turnover among … Continue reading No 60 : 31 December 1980
No 61 : 16 March 1981
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page [*] (1) The Trial of Mark Morozov [71] (2) PERSECUTION OF THE … Continue reading No 61 : 16 March 1981
No 62 : 14 July 1981
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 62, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page * 1. The Death of Juri Kukk [6] 2. The Arrest of … Continue reading No 62 : 14 July 1981
No 25 : 20 May 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version — CCE 25 & 26 : 20 May to 5 July 1972 (pdf) — are given to the right of the other items in this Contents page. 1. Political … Continue reading No 25 : 20 May 1972
In the Mordovian Camps, December 1974 (33.4)
<< No 33 : 10 December 1974 >> On the railway line running southeast from Moscow to Ryazan and eastwards to Ruzayevka (in Mordovia) lies the station of Zubova Polyana, 441 kilometres from Moscow. The next station, Potma, is 455 kilometres from Moscow. From Potma, a narrow-gauge line runs north, used by wagons bearing the … Continue reading In the Mordovian Camps, December 1974 (33.4)
Political Prisoner’s Day, 30 October 1974 (33.1)
<< No 33 : 10 December 1974 >> According to advance information received from the labour camps of Mordovia and Perm, a decision was taken there to designate 30 October 1974[1] as the "Day of the Political Prisoner in the USSR". On that day the prisoners intended to declare hunger strikes, which were to last … Continue reading Political Prisoner’s Day, 30 October 1974 (33.1)
Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps, March 1972 (24.5)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> UKRAINIANS [23] Petro Samofil – his 25-year sentence ends on 21 February 1972. He has passed through the Pechora, Vorkuta and Taishet camps and the strict-regime camp in Spasskoye (Kazakhstan). He is completing his sentence in Mordovia [see Map 3]. Yevhen Pryshlyak – serving a 25-year term. Mykhaylo Lutsyk … Continue reading Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps, March 1972 (24.5)
Hunger Strikes by Political Prisoners, January 1972 (23.3)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> DUBROVLAG [see Map 3] (Potma, Mordovskaya ASSR) On 1 May 1971 Yu. [P.] Fyodorov, who is serving a fifteen-year term in connection with the Leningrad “aeroplane” case [see CCE 17.6], declared a week-long hunger-strike in protest against his sentence and against the lack of any reaction to his appeals … Continue reading Hunger Strikes by Political Prisoners, January 1972 (23.3)
News from the Mordovian Camps and Vladimir Prison, Aug-Oct 1971 (22.4)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> [1] From 7 to 14 August Yury Vudka (camp No. 19) carried out a hunger-strike; the reason for the strike was the administration’s ban on anyone having a Bible in the camp [on Vudka -- CCE 12.4; CCE 14.7; and CCE 18.4]. [2] From 21 to 23 August the … Continue reading News from the Mordovian Camps and Vladimir Prison, Aug-Oct 1971 (22.4)
Obituary: Mykhaylo Soroka, July 1971 (20.13)
«No 20 : 2 July 1971» On 17 June Mykhaylo Soroka died suddenly of a heart attack in Dubrovlag, Camp 17-a. Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Soroka was born in the Ternopol Region in 1911. An architect by profession, he studied in Prague. In 1930 he took part in the activities of the OUN [Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists], … Continue reading Obituary: Mykhaylo Soroka, July 1971 (20.13)
The Fate of Members of the “All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People”, April 1971 (19.4)
<<No 19 : 30 April 1971>> The first issue of the Chronicle reported the trial of members of the “All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People” (ASCULP) [CCE 1.6]. [1] Seventeen “rank-and-file” members of ASCULP were convicted, as well as (separately) four “leaders”: Igor Vyacheslavovich Ogurtsov (b. 1937) the “head” of the organisation; … Continue reading The Fate of Members of the “All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People”, April 1971 (19.4)
Traditional Days of Protest in the Soviet Union, December 1976 (43.2)
<< No. 43 : 31 December 1976 >> 30 OCTOBER 1976 POLITICAL PRISONERS' DAY In 1976 Political Prisoners’ Day was observed for the third time. [1a] In camps and prisons the traditional hunger-strikes took place on that day; over sixty people took part. Among them were: ● the women prisoners Irina Stasiv-Kalynets, Oksana Popovich, Irina … Continue reading Traditional Days of Protest in the Soviet Union, December 1976 (43.2)
News from the Camps, March 1971 (18.4)
<<No 18 : 5 March 1971>> MORDOVIA Alexei Murzhenko and Yury Fyodorov, who were convicted at the Leningrad “hijackers trial”, have arrived at camp No. 10 (post office Leplei, a special-regime camp); Boris Penson has arrived in camp No. 19. The rest of those convicted in the same case are being held in investigation prisons: … Continue reading News from the Camps, March 1971 (18.4)
Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps, March 1971 (18.3)
<<No 18 : 5 March 1971>> Boris Ilich Bykov (b. 1942) A resident of Alma-Ata [capital of Kazakhstan]. From 1959 to 1961 he worked as a loader. He then entered the Law Faculty of Alma-Ata University, where he studied until 1967 (when he was in his fourth year). At the same time he worked as … Continue reading Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps, March 1971 (18.3)
Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps, December 1970 (17.11)
<<No 17 : 30 December 1970>> [1] In 1969 Rashid Dinmukhamedov, born in 1929, was sentenced (for the second time) to thirteen years of special-regime corrective-labour camps (p/o Leplei, ZhKh-385/10). In December 1969 he was placed in hospital, where he opened his veins. For five hours he was given no medical attention—the duty officer did … Continue reading Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps, December 1970 (17.11)
Commentary No 15
No 15 : 31 August 1970 15.3 The Arrest of Revolt Pimenov [1] [Pimenov's interview was with Vadim Andreevich MEDVEDEV, a future member of Gorbachev's close entourage during "perestroika". Later in 1970 Medvedev was appointed a deputy head of the Propaganda department at the CPSU Central Committee in Moscow. From 1993 to 2006 he headed … Continue reading Commentary No 15
