A brief passage from Anatoly CHERNYAEV's unpublished "Diary", in which he responds to a report to the Central Committee by ANDROPOV (29 December 1975*, 3213-A) about the statements of foreign communist parties concerning "political prisoners" in the USSR (NSA, document and translation). ==================== 3 January 1976 From interesting things at the Central Committee, in the … Continue reading Chernyaev diary (3 Jan ’76)
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 (feature photo) [R: 1 March 1977, St 46-15]. 7 pp. * Bukovsky-Carter press release (1 Mar '77*, St 46/15) * ===================== [page one of seven] No. St 46/15 of 1 March 1977 Top Secret RESOLUTION Central Committee Secretariat of the Communist … Continue reading Bukovsky-Carter (1 Mar ’77* St)
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. * Stop the proliferation of anti-Soviet activities by the "Helsinki Watch Committee in USSR", and its sub-committees (5 Jan '77*, 22-A) * … Continue reading Stopping Helsinki Groups (5 Jan ’77* 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. * Anti-Soviet goals of "so-called" Helsinki Groups (15 Nov '76*, 2577-A) * ====================== [page one of three] Secret USSR COMMITTEE For State Security at the USSR Council of Ministers 15 November … Continue reading Helsinki Group Goals (15 Nov ’76* 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
* 1968-1982 (CCE); 1978-1991 (Vesti) * CHRONICLE 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 … Continue reading 05. Uncensored Sources: “Chronicle” & “Vesti”
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. * Abuse of psychiatry, Western response (10 Sept '76*, 2066-A) * The file contains eight documents, dated 10 September to 28 December 1976, sent … Continue reading Western response (10 Sept ’76* 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)
