«No 20 : 2 July 1971» On 17 June Mykhaylo SOROKA died suddenly of a heart attack in Dubrovlag, Camp 17a. 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 Mykhaylo Soroka, 1911-1971 (20.13)
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B.V. Talantov, 1903-1971; N.N. Samsonov, 1906-1971 (18.12)
«No 18 : 5 March 1971» Boris V. TALANTOV On 4 January 1971 Boris Vladimirovich TALANTOV (b. 1903) died in the prison hospital in Kirov [Volga District]. He was arrested on 12 June 1969 and at the beginning of September sentenced under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code to three years' imprisonment (CCE 8.14, … Continue reading B.V. Talantov, 1903-1971; N.N. Samsonov, 1906-1971 (18.12)
Julian Oksman, 1894-1970. October 1970 (16.12)
«No 16 : 31 October 1970» Professor Julian [Yulian] Grigorevich OKSMAN, Doctor of philological sciences, died on 15 September 1970 in his seventy-sixth year. J.G. Oksman was born on 30 December 1894 in Voznesensk, Kherson Province [Ukraine]. After leaving high school in 1911 he entered the History and Philology Faculty of St. Petersburg University. For … Continue reading Julian Oksman, 1894-1970. October 1970 (16.12)
Alexander Lavut (1929-2013)
“Alexander LAVUT was a member of the Action Group for the Defence of Human Rights, the first organisation in the USSR to openly defend such rights, yet he never boasted about having belonged to the oldest organisation of its kind in Russia. Lavut was among the editors of the legendary Chronicle of Current Events (1968-1982) … Continue reading Alexander Lavut (1929-2013)
Biography (A-Z)
A few basic details are included here: name and patronymic, profession and terms of imprisonment and incarceration. Common alternate spellings of some first names and surnames are indicated [thus]. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group's "Dissident Movement in Ukraine" has more detail in English (see KHPG) on many listed below. A. ALTUNYAN, Genrikh Ovanesovich (1933-2005) … Continue reading Biography (A-Z)
Yury Galanskov, 1939-1972 (December 1972; 28.2)
«No 28 : 31 December 1972» On 2 November 1972 Yury GALANSKOV died at the age of 33 in the Mordovian camp complex (in institution ZhKh 385-3). * Yury Timofeyevich GALANSKOV was born in 1939 in Moscow, into a family of workers. From 1959 onwards he took part in readings by young poets in Mayakovsky … Continue reading Yury Galanskov, 1939-1972 (December 1972; 28.2)
Additions to the list of extra-judicial repression in 1968 (5.3)
<<No 5 : 31 December 1968>> FIRST ADDITION Concerning individuals named in the second issue of the Chronicle [CCE 2.1; nos in square brackets refer to their place in that list]. Boris Balter [8] – excluded from the Party by the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU. Yury Tsekhmistrenko [77] – it was mistakenly reported … Continue reading Additions to the list of extra-judicial repression in 1968 (5.3)
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