<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused to answer his questions. At the end of … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, December 1978 (51.15)
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The trial of Poresh, 23-25 April 1980 (57.1)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> From 23 to 25 April the Leningrad City Court, presided over by a vice-chairman of the Leningrad City Court, N. S. Isakova (CCEs 1, 12, 16, 20, 35, 53), heard the case of Vladimir PORESH (b. 1949, arrested on 1 August 1979, CCE 54.5), charged under Article 70 of … Continue reading The trial of Poresh, 23-25 April 1980 (57.1)
The Persecution of Believers-1 (49.14)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Catholics in Georgia; Adventists Orthodox Christians In recent years, a certain sign of the celebration of Easter has been the appearance of reinforced squads of police and vigilantes who surround the churches and zealously refuse to let young people through to the services. Every year the system of … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers-1 (49.14)
A New Way of Fighting Religion, June-July 1976 (41.4)
[Alexander ARGENTOV] On 14 July 1976 Alexander Alexandrovich ARGENTOV (b. 1951) was summoned to the military registration and enlistment office of Moscow's Tushino district. He was sent for immediate examination to a psychiatric clinic. Argentov had never been registered as a psychiatric patient before. On his arrival at the clinic Dr Alexander Ivanovich Mazikov told … Continue reading A New Way of Fighting Religion, June-July 1976 (41.4)
A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)
In CCE 40.16 (“Letters and Statements”) there was a short summary of a letter from Lev REGELSON and the Orthodox priest Gleb YAKUNIN, sent in March 1976 to Philip Potter, Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches (WCC ). The Chronicle considers it necessary to give a more detailed account of this letter. The authors … Continue reading A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)
Religion in the USSR, A Lecture by Vasily Furov, May 1976 (41.2)
At the end of May 1976, staff working on the Large Soviet Encyclopaedia heard a lecture on the situation of religion in the Soviet Union by a visiting speaker, [Vasily] Furov, deputy-chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs (USSR Council of Ministers). In general, religious life in the USSR was in decline, the speaker said, … Continue reading Religion in the USSR, A Lecture by Vasily Furov, May 1976 (41.2)
No 52 : 1 March 1979
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 52, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page * [1] The case of the explosion on the [Moscow] underground [8] [2] The … Continue reading No 52 : 1 March 1979
No 53 : 1 August 1979
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 53, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page (1) POLITICAL RELEASES [8] PardonsAn ExchangeThe Departure of Alexander Ginzburg's Family [10] THE TRIALS … Continue reading No 53 : 1 August 1979
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