POLITBURO decision. Jointly signed request from the KGB and Procurator-General RUDENKO (11 October 1972, 2594-А, pp. 4-5). Party leaders approve a secret decree (p. 2) about special KGB “cautions” or warnings to those engaged in “politically harmful” behaviour [R: 16 November 1972, Pb 67-XVIII]. 5 pp. Often referred to as "the 25 December 1972 decree", … Continue reading KGB “cautions”, an unpublished decree (16 Nov 1972*, Pb 67/XVIII)
SECRETARIAT decision. Consider KGB analysis of recent changes in samizdat: make proposals to deal with the phenomenon. Includes 4-page KGB report (21 December 1970, 3461-A) on shift from literature to politics [R: 15 January 1971, St 119-11]. Total 5 pp. ================================= [page one of five] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET … Continue reading Changes in samizdat (15 Jan ’71*, St 119/11)
KGB note on delinquent acts during celebration of LENIN's birth centenary [R: 27 April 1970 – 1118-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). ============================================================= [page one of two] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 27 April 1970, No. 1118-A Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The centenary of the “founder of … Continue reading Vandalism & Lenin’s centenary (27 Apr ’70*, 1118-A)
KGB REPORT about uncovering and neutralising a "Club for Democracy" organized by high school students in the Krasnodar Region [R: 19 March 1970, 699-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). =========================================== [page one of two] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 19 March 1970, No. 699-A Moscow To the CPSU Central … Continue reading Krasnodar rebellious youth (19 Mar ’70*, 699-A)
KGB about arrests of members of an anti-Soviet youth organization in Sverdlovsk [R: 12 June 1970, 1610-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). =========================================================== [page one of two] [added Top] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 12 June 1970, No. 1610-A Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The KGB for the … Continue reading Anti-Soviet youth in Sverdlovsk (12 June 1970*, 1610-A)
KGB MEMORANDUM. A new samizdat publication and its distribution by Pavel LITVINOV, Pyotr YAKIR, and Natalya GORBANEVSKAYA [R: 11 June 1968, 1372-A]. 2 pp. Includes cover page of the first issue, "Human Rights in the USSR" (later known as "A Chronicle of Current Events"), 30 April 1968. ============================================================== [page one of two] USSR Committee for … Continue reading Future CCE (11 June ’68*, 1372-A)
Proposal to Brezhnev and Andropov to revoke Soviet citizenship of dissidents ILYA GABAI (1935-1973) and ANATOLY MARCHENKO (1938-1986). Subsequently, the two men both died premature deaths. Includes draft edicts of USSR Supreme Soviet [R: 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XII]. 3 pp. * Revoke Marchenko & Gabai's citizenship ======================= [page one of three] Workers of all … Continue reading Marchenko and Gabai (15 Apr ’68*, Pb 79/XII)
POLITBURO decision. Publish a brief report in Moscow evening newspaper about trial of Vladimir Bukovsky, Vadim Delaunay and Yevgeny Kushev, arrested after 22 January 1967 protest on Pushkin Square [R: 4 September 1967, Pb 1393]. Contains joint KGB-Central Committee Agitprop Department memorandum (2 September 1967, 2241-A), and draft text of newspaper announcement, 4 pp. ============================= … Continue reading Report about Bukovsky (4 Sept ’67*, Pb 1393)
"The First Circle", samizdat publication KGB MEMORANDUM. Samizdat publication in Obninsk by Zhores MEDVEDEV (feature photo) of Solzhenitsyn’s book The First Circle. KGB plans to detain Pyotr YAKIR with copies of the typescript [R: 31 July 1967, 1931-A]. 3 pp. =============================== [page one of three] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle (31 July ’67*, 1931-A)
The Bukovsky Archives 