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Александр И. Солженицын
Samizdat Update, July 1974 (32.21)
In March 1974, A.I. Solzhenitsyn published his “Letter to the Soviet Leaders”, which he had written earlier, on 5 September 1973. The letter aroused a great number of responses of the most varied nature. The first of these responses was by A.D. Sakharov, “On Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Letter to The Soviet Leaders”. In view of the … Continue reading Samizdat Update, July 1974 (32.21)
No 25 : 20 May 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version — CCE 25 & 26 : 20 May to 5 July 1972 (pdf) — are given to the right of the other items in this Contents page. 1. Political … Continue reading No 25 : 20 May 1972
On the presentation of the Nobel Prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn, March-April 1972 (25.4)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> In accordance with the suggestion made by SOLZHENITSYN in his letter to the Secretary of the Swedish Academy, K. R. Gierow (CCE 22.1), the ceremony for the presentation of the Nobel Prize was due to take place in a private flat in Moscow. A.I. Solzhenitsyn sent off the invitations. … Continue reading On the presentation of the Nobel Prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn, March-April 1972 (25.4)
An Interview with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, 30 March 1972 (25.3)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> On 30 March 1972 A.I. SOLZHENITSYN gave an interview to Western journalists.[1] Here are extracts from the interview : Q. What are you working on now? October 1916, the second volume of the same book. Q. Will it be finished soon? No, In the course of the … Continue reading An Interview with A.I. Solzhenitsyn, 30 March 1972 (25.3)
The Arrest of Alexander Ginzburg, 3 February 1977 (44.2.2)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> Alexander Ginzburg, 1936-2002 On 2 February 1977 an article, “Liars and Pharisees”, was published in the weekly Literaturnaya gazeta under the signature of A. Petrov (Agatov). Its appearance aroused serious concern for the fate of Alexander GINZBURG and Yury ORLOV. The same day a press conference was … Continue reading The Arrest of Alexander Ginzburg, 3 February 1977 (44.2.2)
Samizdat Update, March 1972 (24.12)
<<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)
Alexander Tvardovsky, 1910-1971 (23.10)
«No 23 : 5 January 1972» Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky died on 18 December 1971. The Chronicle considers it suitable to publish the following text as his obituary: There are many ways of killing a poet.The method chosen for Tvardovsky was to take away his offspring, his passion, his journal.The sixteen years of insults meekly endured … Continue reading Alexander Tvardovsky, 1910-1971 (23.10)
Samizdat update, September 1971 (21.11)
<<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)
Open Letters from A. I. Solzhenitsyn, 13 August 1971 (21.4)
<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> To Andropov, USSR Minister of State Security 13 August For many years I have borne the lawless acts of your officials in silence: the inspection of all my mail by x-ray techniques, the confiscation of half of it, the tracking down of my correspondents, the persecution of them at … Continue reading Open Letters from A. I. Solzhenitsyn, 13 August 1971 (21.4)
The Trial of Pavel Bashkirov, 7-8 October 1976 (43.4)
«No 43 : 31 December 1976» The Chronicle can now correct and expand on certain details in the short report (CCE 42) of the court proceedings of 7-8 October in the Supreme Court of the Yakut ASSR, Judge Lukin presiding. There were about fifteen relatives and acquaintances of Pavel Bashkirov in the courtroom, together with … Continue reading The Trial of Pavel Bashkirov, 7-8 October 1976 (43.4)
Samizdat Update, December 1973 (30.15)
<<Nos 28-30 : 31 May 1974>> The third issue of Amnesty International [Russian section] carries an announcement that the editors intend to make it a regular publication. Below the Chronicle lists the contents of the first three issues.[a] [1] Amnesty International, No. 1 (Compiled by A. Tverdokhlebov and V. Arkhangelsky) From the Editors PART I … Continue reading Samizdat Update, December 1973 (30.15)
The Presentation of the Nobel Prize to Solzhenitsyn, November 1971 (22.1)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> At briefing sessions held for them recently, officials of the propaganda network for academic institutions were given an official version of the current position of the Nobel Committee with regard to the award of the prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn. It was claimed that the Nobel Committee, disturbed by the … Continue reading The Presentation of the Nobel Prize to Solzhenitsyn, November 1971 (22.1)
Samizdat update, December 1970 (17.13)
<<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)
Solzhenitsyn’s Letters to the Nobel Foundation, November 1970 (17.3)
<<No 17 : 31 December 1970>> To the Royal Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation 27 November 1970 Dear Sirs, In my telegram to the secretary of the Academy I have already expressed – and now express again – my gratitude for the honour you have done me in awarding me the Nobel Prize. In … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s Letters to the Nobel Foundation, November 1970 (17.3)
Samizdat update, October 1970 (16.11)
<<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)
