Twenty nine of the 42 Bukovsky Archive documents of the PERESTROIKA period, from June 1985 to December 1991, have been translated into English. To read them, go to "Translations" in this page's right-hand column and select 4. Perestroika. https://bukovsky-archive.com/4-perestroika-1985-1991/ ========================================
KGB REPORT (Kryuchkov) to Central Committee [3.4; 4]. "Provocative statements" made at October 1988 Moscow conference organised by the Memorial Society [R: 16 Nov 88, 1979-K]. 5 pp. * "Memorial" Conference (1979-K, 16 Nov '88*) * ============================ [page one of five] 16 November 1988, No 1979-K To the CPSU Central Committee Concerning provocative statements made … Continue reading “Memorial” Set Up (16 Nov ’88* K)
* Vladimir K. Bukovsky (1942-2019) << A selection >> * "Punitive Psychiatry" (Bloch & Reddaway, Russia's Political Hospitals), 1977. * TO BUILD A CASTLE: My Life as a Dissenter, André Deutsch: London, 1978 (345 pp). Translation, Michael Scammell. * "The Peace Movement and the USSR", Commentary, 5 January 1982. "Support the Nicaraguan Resistance", New York … Continue reading Essays, Articles & Books (1977-2019)
In Judgement in Moscow (Chapter Six: 6.1 The Letter of the Ten), Vladimir BUKOVSKY writes in passing with irony and scepticism of the Western reaction, in April 1986, to the explosion at the Chernobyl reactor and the behaviour of the Soviet leadership led by the "new Chichikov", Mikhail Gorbachov. Again and again, he notes disbelievingly, … Continue reading Secret Chernobyl (1986-2019)
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 New York Times» (22 March 1987) Are Mikhail S. Gorbachov's new policies the historical turning point we have been praying for, signaling the end of oppression and misery in the Soviet Union? Or are we witnessing only a short-lived ''thaw,'' a tactical retreat before the next offensive, as Lenin put it in 1921? True, … Continue reading 4. Is Glasnost a Game of Mirrors? (’87)
* 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”
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. * Release Sakharov & Bonner (9 Dec 1986*, 2407-Ch) … Continue reading Release Sakharov & Bonner (9 Dec ’86*, Ch)
SECRETARIAT. Stop illegal crossing of Soviet territory by activists of the Iraqi Communist Party en route to other countries [R: 6 Feb 90, St 10-3]. 7 pp. ===================================================== [page one of seven] SPECIAL FILE Top Secret 522 ...St-10/3g of 11.06.90 RESOLUTION Of the Secretariat of the CC of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union … Continue reading 6 Feb ’90** (St-10/3) Stop Iraqi CP activists entering USSR
