Yury Andropov briefs Politburo on forthcoming trial of Anatoly SHCHARANSKY, arrested in mid-March the previous year (MHG 30th anniversary). 2 pp. =================== V-118 Top secret The only copyWorking paper SESSION OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CC CPSUJune 22, 1978 Chaired by Comrade Brezhnev, L.I. In attendance: Comrades Andropov, Yu.V.; Grishin, V.V.; Gromyko, A.A.; Kulakov, F.D.; … Continue reading Shcharansky’s upcoming trial (22 June ’78*, Pb)
SECRETARIAT. Proposal for Soviet press release concerning BUKOVSKY's meeting with US President JIMMY CARTER [R: 1 March 1977, St 46-15]. 7 pp. * Bukovsky-Carter press release ===================== [page one of seven] No. St 46/15 of 1 March 1977 Top Secret RESOLUTION Central Committee Secretariatof the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Draft of a press … Continue reading Bukovsky-Carter (1 Mar ’77*, St 46/15)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Measures to stop the proliferation of anti-Soviet activities by the "Helsinki Watch Committee in USSR", and its sub-committees set up in Ukraine and Lithuania [R: 5 January 1977, 22-A]. 2 pp. ============================================= Top Secret To CPSU Central Committee About measures to end the hostile activities of members of the so-called “Group For Assistance … Continue reading Stopping Helsinki Groups (5 Jan ’77*, 22-A)
KGB REPORT. The anti-Soviet goals of "so-called" Helsinki Groups in the USSR; measures to counter their activities [R: 15 November 1976, 2577-A]. 3 pp. ====================== [page one of three] Secret USSR COMMITTEE For State Security at the USSR Council of Ministers 15 November 1976, No. 2577-A Moscow To CPSU Central Committee About the Hostile Actions … Continue reading Goals of Helsinki Groups (15 Nov ’76*, 2577-A)
Selected by a prominent Soviet-era dissident and veteran opponent of the regime, this archive is a unique source of information on the post-Stalin years of the USSR. In 1992, Vladimir Bukovsky was given access to the archives of the CPSU Central Committee in Moscow for a period of five months. The new Russian government of … Continue reading 02. The Status of these Archives
The 63 published issues of the bi-monthly CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS (April 1968 to June 1982) can all be accessed in English translation. The Russian original ХРОНИКА ТЕКУЩИХ СОБЫТИЙ was available online since 2008, thanks to the Memorial Human Rights Centre. (At present [2/07/26], it is inaccessible.) Example For a contemporary account of the events … Continue reading 05. Other sources: “Chronicle” & “Vesti” (1968-1991)
Abuse of psychiatry, Western response The KGB, USSR Ministry of Health and others write to CENTRAL COMMITTEE about Western "anti-Soviet propaganda" concerning the abuse of psychiatry for political purposes [R: 10 September 1976, 2066-A]. 18 pp. * The file contains eight documents, dated 10 September to 28 December 1976, sent to the Central Committee, directly … Continue reading Western response (10 Sept ’76*, 2066-A)
SECRETARIAT. Letter to chairman of Danish Social Democratic Party about the arrest of refusenik Victor BRAILOVSKY, explaining his “criminal activities” [R: 26 December 1980, St 243-57]. 3 pp. =================================== [Text from a different document, presumably International Department to Central Committee] The chairman of the Danish Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister A[nker] Jorgensen has sent a … Continue reading Danish SDP about Brailovsky (26 Dec 1980*, St 243/57)
SECRETARIAT. Measures relating to Andrei SAKHAROV; annulment of decree for Sakharov’s exile and pardon for his wife Elena BONNER. A report signed by Yegor Ligachov (Politburo), Victor Chebrikov (KGB chairman) and Gury Marchuk, chairman of USSR Academy of Sciences [R: 9 Dec 86, 2407-Ch]. 8 pp. ============================= [pages one to four] Secret 9 December 1986 … Continue reading Release Sakharov & Bonner (9 Dec 1986*, 2407-Ch)
The Bukovsky Archives 