Александр И. Солженицын
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> A. D. Sakharov: Peace, Progress and Human Rights (1 December 1975, 15 pp.) The text of a lecture prepared for the Nobel Prize ceremony (and read by Yelena Bonner on 11 December in Oslo). ‘Peace, progress and human rights — these three aims are inseparably linked, and … Continue reading Samizdat Update, March 1976 (39.12)
<<No 35 : 31 May 1975>> Vladimir Bukovsky & Semyon Gluzman, ‘A Manual on Psychiatry for Dissenters’ [note] This article, at the end of which the ‘addresses’ of its authors — Vladimir Prison and a Perm political labour camp — are given, is dedicated to Leonid Plyushch, a victim of psychiatric tyranny. A former ‘mental … Continue reading Samizdat Update, March 1975 (35.12)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> "From Under the Rubble": A collection of articles Moscow, Samizdat; Paris, YMCA Press, 1974) [note] The introduction to this volume (dated 14 November 1974) is written by I. R. Shafarevich. He states that the original idea for it was Solzhenitsyn’s. His enforced exile held up the last stage of … Continue reading Samizdat update, Dec 1974 (34.20-2)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 10 August the Stavropol Region Court, presided over by V. P. Leontev, sentenced Nikolai Petrovich Shatalov (CCE 48.17, item 6) under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code to 18 months in a strict-regime camp. Shatalov was in custody from 10 August 1977 to 16 March 1978, during … Continue reading The Trial of Shatalov, August 1978 (51.4)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> [1] I. Alexandrov [?pseudonym] – “Brief Notes on the Present-Day Crisis” An essay containing an appraisal of the present state of affairs in the country and some forecasts for the future. The author feels that phenomena of crisis in the Soviet Union are starting to assume a universal character, … Continue reading Samizdat update, October 1972 (27.13)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> [1] Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Not for publication On the abolition of restrictions on choice of place of residence, formerly stipulated for certain categories of citizens. The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet decrees: (1) That the restrictions on choice of place of residence … Continue reading Official Documents, 1974 (34.21)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> [1] Social Issues, No. 15 (January-February 1972). The collection consists of three sections. Section One ("Law") contains a translation of an article entitled "Collective Rights and Collective Action under English Law” [author, T.C. Daintith] and a letter from V. Chalidze to the Chairman of the International League … Continue reading Samizdat update, May 1972 (25.11)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> In March 1972 A. I. Solzhenitsyn sent a letter to Pimen, Patriarch of All Russia [note 1]. In answer to the appeal in the Patriarch’s Christmas message to all “Orthodox believers living abroad,” [note 2] that they should instil in their children a love for the Church and strengthen … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn to the Patriarch; Zheludkov’s reply, March-April 1972 (25.5)
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