«No 28 : 31 December 1972» (1) On 13 November 1972, in the Kiev Regional Court, the case of Nikolai Grigorevich PLAKHOTNYUK, a physician aged 36, was heard in absentia. Plakhotnyuk was arrested on 14 January 1972 at the apartment of D. Shumuk. In the summer, an expert examination was conducted at the Serbsky Institute, … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, December 1972 (28.7)
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The Trial of Lisovoi, Pronyuk & Semanyuk, November 1973 (30.6)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> In November 1973, Lisovoi and Pronyuk (see CCE 27.1, pt 2; and CCE 28.7), together with Semanyuk, faced trial in Kiev, charged under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (equivalent of Article 70 of the RSFSR code). The case was examined by the Kiev Regional Court. … Continue reading The Trial of Lisovoi, Pronyuk & Semanyuk, November 1973 (30.6)
Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Arrests In Kiev two staff-members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy Yevhen Lisovy and Vasyl Pronyuk (aged about 30), have been arrested [note 1]. Lisovy had written a letter to the Ukrainian Central Committee and the KGB protesting about the increasing repressions in the Ukraine. The … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
Letters and Statements, November 1971 (22.10)
«No 22 : 10 November 1971» [1] Editorial from the Ukrainian Herald No. 5 (here reproduced in abridged form) “Some members of the Ukrainian public who are familiar with Russian samizdat works are studying the attitude towards the nationalities question in general, and to that of the Ukraine in particular, on the part of the … Continue reading Letters and Statements, November 1971 (22.10)
News in Brief, November 1971 (22.8)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> [1] On 27 January 1971 Ostap Pastukh, a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature, was arrested in the village of Petrichi in the Busk District of the Lvov Region. The following is known of O. Pastukh: he is about 40, a graduate of the Philology Faculty of Lvov University; … Continue reading News in Brief, November 1971 (22.8)
KGB report about samizdat: 15 January 1971 (St 119-11)
<<Other texts and documents>> Secretariat circulates KGB report, dated 21 December 1970 (Bukovsky Archives online). Notes the recent evolution of samizdat from literary works to political publications; recommends obstruction and suppression of this trend. [Russian 15 January 1971, St 119-11], 5 pp. ================================ [Page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF … Continue reading KGB report about samizdat: 15 January 1971 (St 119-11)
Samizdat update, April 1970 (13.9)
<< 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 "The … Continue reading Samizdat update, April 1970 (13.9)
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