«Социальные проблемы»
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> [1] Our Middle-Eastern Friends: A Survey of the Soviet press, Moscow, 1972 A “collection of quotations” dealing with events in the Middle East, the Middle-Eastern policy of the Soviet Union and its treatment in the Soviet press. The 220 quotations (mainly from Soviet periodicals of 1967-71), arranged in chronological … Continue reading Samizdat Update, March 1972 (24.12)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] Yu. Glazov, V. Kabachnik, V. Turkina, Yu. Shtein “A message from friends" An Open Letter on the expulsion of Alexander Galich from the USSR Union of Writers. [113] . . Fifteen writers, by voting for his expulsion, have covered themselves with a new shame: We shall remember the … Continue reading Samizdat update, January 1972 (23.9)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> [1] J.-P. Sartre, Reflections on the Jewish question (Translated from Polish) The Polish translation, by Jerzy Lisowski, was published in the journal Tworczosc (Creativity), Warsaw, 1956, Nos. 9, 10. The essay was written in 1944-46 and published in France in 1946. It is a philosophical and publicistic work, containing … Continue reading Samizdat update, November 1971 (22.9)
<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> [1] A. I. Solzhenitsyn, August 1914 At the beginning of June 1971 there appeared a report of the publication of A. I. Solzhenitsyn’s new novel August 1914 (YMCA Press, Paris). The author’s “Afterword“ to the novel specifies the circumstances which prevented it from being printed by Soviet publishing-houses: “This … Continue reading Samizdat update, September 1971 (21.11)
<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> [1] Herald of the Exodus No. 1 (a collection of documents) Contents: On the eve of the trials (letters from relatives and friends of the accused in Leningrad, Kishinyov, and Riga); Visits by groups of Jews to USSR government bodies; The departure applications of M. Kalik and V. Slepak; … Continue reading Samizdat update, July 1971 (20.12)
<<No 19 : 30 April 1971>> [1] Social Issues, issue No. 9 (January-February 1971), compiled by V. Chalidze. Contents: [1] O.O. Gruzenberg, “Shame” (reminiscences of the Beilis case [of 1911-13]). The author, one of Beilis’s defence counsels, describes the attitude of the authorities, public reaction to the trial and the selection of a line of … Continue reading Samizdat update, April 1971 (19.12)
<<No 17 : 31 December 1970>> [1] He was sent by the God of wrath and grief... This line by Nekrasov has been taken as the title of a collection of materials on Solzhenitsyn. The foreword points out the profound contrast between the opinions expressed in our press of the writer's work and of his … Continue reading Samizdat update, December 1970 (17.13)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> [1] The Word Forces Its Way Through A collection of articles and documents about A.I. Solzhenitsyn. This documentary narrative on the fate of the writer and of his works covers the period from 1962 to 1969 – from the triumph of the story "One Day in the Life of … Continue reading Samizdat update, October 1970 (16.11)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> 1. Valentin Moroz, “A Chronicle of Resistance" (January 1970) The well-known Ukrainian historian writes of the nation's resistance to the process of assimilation, of the need to preserve the national heritage and national traditions. Only here lies salvation from an increasing loss of identity. Among the mountains of the … Continue reading Samizdat update, June 1970 (14.12)
Secretariat circulates KGB report, dated 21 December 1970 (Bukovsky Archives online). Notes recent evolution of samizdat from literary works to political publications; recommends obstruction and suppression of this trend. [Russian 15 January 1971, St 119-11] total 5 pp. ===================================== Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE Must be returned … Continue reading KGB report about samizdat, 15 January 1971
<< No 13 : 30 April 1970 >> 1. A.D. Sakharov, V.F. Turchin and R.A. Medvedev, "A letter to Party and government leaders" (dated 19 March 1970) A scholar with a world-wide reputation, "the father of the hydrogen bomb", Academician A.D. Sakharov, the research physicist V.F. Turchin who is author of the well-known samizdat pamphlet … Continue reading Samizdat update, April 1970 (13.9)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» [1] Andrei Amalrik, "An open letter to Anatoly Kuznetsov" Amalrik decided to write to Kuznetsov after hearing his "Appeal to all people" on the radio and reading his article, "The Russian writer and the KGB". Kuznetsov makes frequent reference to the absence of freedom in the USSR, but, as … Continue reading Samizdat update, December 1969 (11.14)
«No 10 : 31 August 1969» [1] An Anthology of Selected Samizdat Texts on Social Issues, compiled by V. N. Chalidze, Issue No. 1 Judging by the first issue, this anthology deals with problems from a theoretical standpoint. The texts have been chosen "taking into account the topicality of the subject-matter, the qualifications of the … Continue reading Samizdat update, August 1969 (10.13)
