«No 11 : 31 December 1969» TWENTY-SEVEN ITEMS [1] On 5 December 1969 the traditional silent demonstration (CCE 6.9 [3]) was held on Pushkin Square. The first of these demonstrations was in support of Yuly Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky, and took place on 5 December 1966 [1], under the slogan "Respect the Constitution". This time … Continue reading News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
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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 attended the meeting: Vasily Matushkin (Ryazan); Sergei Baranov (Ryazan, who chaired the meeting); Nikolai Rodin; … Continue reading Writers Union expels Solzhenitsyn, Nov 1969 (11.1)
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