«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The fate of Anatoly MARCHENKO, author of My Testimony, is well-known to readers of the Chronicle. On 21 August 1968, he was sentenced to one year in a strict-regime camp, for "infringing identity document regulations” (CCE 3.1 [1]). Marchenko's friends say the charge was trumped up, as was borne … Continue reading Marchenko again under investigation, May 1969 (8.9)
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Мордовские лагеря, Дубровлаг
Ginzburg’s hunger strike, May-June 1969 (8.8)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» On 16 May Alexander Ginzburg went on hunger strike in protest at being forbidden to have visits from his wife. He gave advance warning of this to the administration of Camp 17 of the Mordovian camp complex, where he is being held, stressing that he would not enter into … Continue reading Ginzburg’s hunger strike, May-June 1969 (8.8)