<< No. 43 : 31 December 1976 >> Letter from Soviet scientists (20 signatures): To the scientists of the world’ ‘Dear colleagues! ‘By this letter we wish to draw your attention to the tragic fate of the biologist Sergei Kovalyov. We want scientists to have a clear idea of the position that people who dare … Continue reading Letters and Statements, Dec 1976 (43.17)
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Владимир Войнович
The Right to Leave, Nov 1979-April 1980 (56.20)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> MOSCOW. On 9 November 1979, at 1 pm, 70-year-old A.R. Agapova walked into Red Square carrying a banner with the words: “Brezhnev, Let the Agapov Family Leave!” Agapova, whose son went abroad and did not return, and her daughter-in-law have been trying for many years to leave the USSR … Continue reading The Right to Leave, Nov 1979-April 1980 (56.20)
Writer-Parasites, March 1978 (48.19)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Writer-Parasites (48.19) and In the Central House of Writers (48.20) Writer-Parasites (48.19) Since the beginning of 1978, the activity of the administrative authorities aimed at classifying a number of writers living in the USSR as ‘parasites' or ‘persons leading a parasitical way of life' (the best known of the previous … Continue reading Writer-Parasites, March 1978 (48.19)
The expulsion of V. Voinovich, Spring 1974 (32.17-2)
from the USSR Writers’ Union. A meeting of the bureau of the prose section was arranged several times and cancelled for lack of a quorum: the majority of bureau members failed to appear “because of illness”. The meeting eventually took place on 30 January 1974. Georgy Radov was in the chair. He made a brief … Continue reading The expulsion of V. Voinovich, Spring 1974 (32.17-2)
Letters and Statements, May 1975 (36.11)
<<No 36 : 31 May 1975>> [1] Danylo Shumuk (CCE 28.16) has already applied twice to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet to have his Soviet citizenship withdrawn (10 December 1972; 10 December 1973). On 1 August 1974 Shumuk appealed to the UN Human Rights Commission: “As I have already appealed twice to the … Continue reading Letters and Statements, May 1975 (36.11)
Sakharov’s Friends and Enemies, Dec. 1975 (38.1)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> On 9 October 1975, the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament awarded the annual Nobel Prize for activities contributing to peace to Andrei Dmitrievich SAKHAROV. Sakharov heard the news from foreign journalists on the evening of 9 October. He said: "I hope this will benefit political prisoners in our … Continue reading Sakharov’s Friends and Enemies, Dec. 1975 (38.1)
Writers Union expels Solzhenitsyn, Nov 1969 (11.1)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» On 4 November 1969 the great Russian writer Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was expelled from the Writers' Union by its Ryazan branch (RSFSR Writers Union). Of the seven members of the Ryazan branch, six were present at the meeting: Vasily Matushkin (Ryazan); Sergei Baranov (Ryazan, who chaired the meeting); Nikolai … Continue reading Writers Union expels Solzhenitsyn, Nov 1969 (11.1)
Deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 Feb 1974 (32.1)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> On 13 February 1974, after a prolonged and large-scale persecution campaign in the press, Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was deported from the Soviet Union. The immediate cause was the publication of his GULag Archipelago by the YMCA Press (CCE 30.16 item 4) [note 1]. The circumstances surrounding the publication of … Continue reading Deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 Feb 1974 (32.1)
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