<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Starting with the March 1971 issue of the Chronicle, changes were made by the translators in their system of transliterating Ukrainian and Baltic names. Previously these were transliterated direct from the Russian forms. From CCE 18 onwards, the names of nationally-minded Ukrainians have been transliterated from their Ukrainian forms … Continue reading A note on transliteration (27.15)
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Material from The Soviet Press, November 1973 (30.17)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> Early in November 1973, the newspaper Literaturnaya Ukraina published a statement by the critic Ivan Dzyuba. An editorial introduction reports that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, taking into account Dzyuba’s sincere acknowledgement of guilt, has granted him a pardon. (Dzyuba was tried in March … Continue reading Material from The Soviet Press, November 1973 (30.17)
Corrections to Previous Issues (26.18)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> The search in the town of Uman (see CCE 24.2) concerned not E. L. Olitskaya but N.M. Surovtseva-Olitskaya, the wife of her elder brother, who lives in the same house [note 1]. * Due to an oversight, it was stated in CCE 25 that the fate of G. I. Bendersky … Continue reading Corrections to Previous Issues (26.18)
The Press-Conference of Dobosch, 5 June 1972 (26.9)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 5 June, a press-conference by Jaroslav Dobosch (CCE 24.3) was shown on Ukrainian television. At this press-conference Dobosch made a statement. We cite extracts from this statement: "I have been requested ... to make the following statement. I, Jaroslav Dobosch, a Belgian citizen, was born in West Germany … Continue reading The Press-Conference of Dobosch, 5 June 1972 (26.9)
Shevchenko Day in the Ukraine, 1972 (26.8)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> 21 May is the anniversary of the bearing of Taras Shevchenko's ashes from St. Petersburg to the Ukraine. For many years now the Ukrainian public has commemorated this day by laying wreaths at the Shevchenko memorial in Kiev, and by singing and dancing round the statue [see CCE 8.12, … Continue reading Shevchenko Day in the Ukraine, 1972 (26.8)
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)
The Barladyanu Case (45.8)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> As already described (CCE 44), V. V. Barladyanu was arrested on 2 March 1977 in Odessa during a search at the flat of the Sery couple (CCE 42). This search was carried out without witnesses; the persons conducting it refused to show any documents establishing their identities and giving … Continue reading The Barladyanu Case (45.8)
The Trial of Ruban, April 1977 (45.3)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> On 29 December 1976, the Chernigov Regional Court sentenced Pyotr Vasilyevich Ruban on a charge of “theft” (Article 81, part 3 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code) and “private-enterprise activity” [Article 150] to 8 years’ special-regime camp and 5 years’ exile (CCE 44, “Letters and Statements”). In CCE 44 there … Continue reading The Trial of Ruban, April 1977 (45.3)
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