Reports in the Soviet Press, October 1970 (16.7)

<< No 16 : 31 October 1970>> 1. When referring to A. Yenina's article "Renegades" (Leningradskaya Pravda, 18 January 1970) in "The Soviet press on the persecution of dissenters" the Chronicle (14.5) gave information about the fate of Eruand LALAYANTS which included certain inaccuracies. E.A. Lalayants (b. 1925), fought in the Patriotic War (1941-1945) and … Continue reading Reports in the Soviet Press, October 1970 (16.7)

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)

Extra-judicial Political Persecution, December 1969 (11.13)

«No 11 : 31 December 1969» GORKY Artsimovich, a journalist from Gorky, was dismissed from the editorial staff of the newspaper where she worked, for reading Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward. MOSCOW Boris Leibovich Shlayen, mechanic at a Moscow factory which repairs calculating machines. After Shlayen had applied to the Department of Visas and Registration, on 30 … Continue reading Extra-judicial Political Persecution, December 1969 (11.13)