<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Directive No. 37 New Rules concerning internal order (mentioned in CCE 48.10), were brought into effect on 15 March 1978 by Decree No. 37 of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, issued in December 1977. The Decree carries the stamp of the USSR Procurator-General. Like the former rules, introduced … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
Tag: Mordovian camps*
Мордовские лагеря, Дубровлаг
Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps (25.6)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> Dmytro Kuzmich VERKHOLYAK (b. 1928). From 1947 he was in the Ukrainian Insurrectionist Army [UPA]. Arrested in 1955, on 14 February 1956 a court in Ivano-Frankovsk sentenced him to be shot, but this was changed to 25 years of camps [note 1]. In camp he is working as a … Continue reading Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps (25.6)
In the Prisons and Camps [1], August 1977 (46.10)
<< No 46 : 15 August 1977 >> MVD Directives on Conditions of Detention No. 20 (14 January 1972) – the basic regulations, covering practically all aspects of the prisoners’ lives (see CCE 33.3). No. 225 (25 April 1972) – lays down food rations for prisoners of all categories (see CCE 33.2). No. 118 – … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps [1], August 1977 (46.10)
In the Prisons and Camps (49.8)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Vladimir Prison On 19 March 1978, at the end of his 5-year sentence, Bagrat Shakhverdyan began serving a 2-year period of exile. On 20 April he was transferred to the village of Chulakkurgan (Suzaksky district, Chimkent Region) in the Kazakh SSR. His exile ends in January 1980. He is working … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps (49.8)
Releases, November 1977 to February 1978 (48.10)
In February 1978 Roman Semenyuk was taken under convoy from Mordovian Camp 19 to Lvov. At the end of his term, he was released and sent to the town of Sokol (Lvov Region). Here he was lodged in a hostel and put under surveillance. Roman Zakharovich SEMENYUK is 50 years old. In 1949 he was … Continue reading Releases, November 1977 to February 1978 (48.10)
Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners, 1977-1978 (48.10)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Georgy Davydov: “Statement to Chairman of the Constitution Commission, L.I. Brezhnev” (Vladimir Prison, 15 June 1977) Davydov writes that in the draft [1977] Constitution the question of freedom of thought and convictions has again been side-stepped. Mikhail Osadchy: “To the American people, the Senate and US President Carter” The … Continue reading Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners, 1977-1978 (48.10)
In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10)
A Meeting Before Execution Captain (3rd class) V.M. Sablin, under whose command the Baltic Fleet vessel “Headlong” [Stremitelny] tried to defect to Sweden (CCE 43), was sentenced to be shot. On the eve of his execution, he was granted a 20-minute meeting with his father, a retired colonel. The meeting took place in the presence … Continue reading In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10)
In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
VLADIMIR PRISON The right to correspond. Since the end of 1975 Zavyalkin, the governor of Vladimir Prison, has taken an active part in supervising the prisoners’ correspondence. From December 1975 stereo-postcards which arrived in letters were not given out. From February 1976 there was an increase in the number of incoming and outgoing letters being … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
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