A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)

7 January 20217 January 2021

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)

7 January 202127 April 2021

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 41 : 3 August 1976

8 April 20196 April 2021

THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only a few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. (1) Suspension of Case Against Mikhail Naritsa [69], Jelgava (Latvian SSR) (2) … Continue reading No 41 : 3 August 1976

No 55 : 31 December 1979

6 April 201921 February 2022

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 Nos 55 & 56, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page in square brackets [ ] (1) TRIALS The Trial of Vasily Streltsov … Continue reading No 55 : 31 December 1979

The Trial of Regelson, 22-24 September 1980 (58.4)

4 February 201612 September 2021

<<No 58 : November 1980>> From 22 to 24 September the Moscow City Court, presided over by Mironov, heard the case of Lev Lvovich Regelson (b. 1939; arrested 24 December 1979, CCE 55.2), a participant in the Christian Seminar, who was charged under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. The prosecutor was Assistant Moscow … Continue reading The Trial of Regelson, 22-24 September 1980 (58.4)