Extra-judicial Persecution, July 1971 (20.10)

22 March 201631 July 2019

<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> [1] The "Service Record” of M. Rostropovich (November 1970-May 1971) At the beginning of November 1970 Rostropovich wrote an Open Letter in defence of Solzhenitsyn (CCE 16.1). Since the end of November 1970 there has not been a single radio or television broadcast with his participation. (Broadcasts by his … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, July 1971 (20.10)

News in Brief, March 1971 (18.10)

25 September 201516 March 2019

<<No 18 : 5 March 1971>> RSFSR [i.e. Russian Republic] [1] PERM [Volga District]. On 24 September 1970 Oleg Ivanovich Vorobyov, born 1939, a worker and former student of the Philology Faculty of Moscow University (CCE 16.10, item 6 [and CCE 10.4]) was arrested in Moscow. Oleg Vorobyov was charged under Article 70 of the … Continue reading News in Brief, March 1971 (18.10)

Solzhenitsyn’s Friends and Foes, October 1970 (16.1)

2 August 201416 March 2019

<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> On 8 October 1970 the Swedish Royal Academy of Literature awarded the Nobel Prize to Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn "for moral strength in the development of the best traditions of Russian literature". On the same day, during a brief interview with a Swedish correspondent in Moscow, A.I. Solzhenitsyn stated: "I … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s Friends and Foes, October 1970 (16.1)