<< 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)
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News in Brief, January 1972 (23.7)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] TASHKENT At the end of July 1971 two members of the national movement of the Crimean Tatar people were convicted -– Aishe Seitmuratova, [note 1] a [history] lecturer at Samarkand University, and Lenur [or Denur?] Ibragimov, a teacher. They were charged with the preparation and circulation of material … Continue reading News in Brief, January 1972 (23.7)
Samizdat update, June 1970 (14.12)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> 1. Valentin Moroz, “A Chronicle of Resistance" (January 1970) The well-known Ukrainian historian writes of the nation's resistance to the process of assimilation, of the need to preserve the national heritage and national traditions. Only here lies salvation from an increasing loss of identity. Among the mountains of the … Continue reading Samizdat update, June 1970 (14.12)
Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion from the Writers’ Union (2), Feb 1970 (12.7)
Supplementary Material «No 12 : 28 February 1970» More details about the expulsion of Solzhenitsyn [CCE 11.1] from the Union of Soviet Writers have become known. At the beginning of November 1969 the secretary of the Ryazan writers' organisation E. Safonov was summoned to Moscow to see L. Sobolev (Writers' Union of the RSFSR) and "fix" … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion from the Writers’ Union (2), Feb 1970 (12.7)
News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» [1] On 5 December 1969 the traditional silent demonstration [CCE 6.9, item 3] was held on Pushkin Square. The first of these demonstrations was in support of Yu. Daniel and A. Sinyavsky, and took place on 5 December 1966, under the slogan "Respect the Constitution". This time about fifty … Continue reading News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion from the Writers’ Union, 4 November 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 the Ryazan branch of the Writers' Union of the Russian Republic (RSFSR). Of the seven members of the Ryazan branch, six were present at the meeting: Vasily Matushkin (Ryazan); Sergei Baranov … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion from the Writers’ Union, 4 November 1969 (11.1)
Commentary No 11 (December 1969)
<<No 11 : 31 December 1969>> 11.1 The expulsion of Solzhenitsyn from the Writers Union [1] Sakhalin - an island off the Far Eastern coast of the Soviet Union, visited by Chekhov in 1890. His impressions of the forced labour camps and exiles' settlements located there are recorded in Sakhalin Island, first published in 1893-4. … Continue reading Commentary No 11 (December 1969)
News in brief, June 1969 (8.14)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» [1] In mid-May 1969, workers at the Kiev Hydroelectric Station in the village of Beryozka met to discuss the housing problem: many of them are even now still living in prefabricated huts and railway coaches despite the authorities' promises to provide housing. The workers declared that they no longer … Continue reading News in brief, June 1969 (8.14)
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