KGB to Secretariat. Arrangements and KGB actions related to ANDREI SAKHAROV’s death and funeral [R 18 Dec 89, 2551-K], 2 pp. ================================================ [page one of two] 176 [Stamp in upper right-hand comer: indecipherable words except for “Copy no.”] 18.12.89 No. 2551-K CPSU Central Committee [Stamp: “DECLASSIFIED”; illegible words, except for “RussianFederation; Employee: (signature), year: 1994”] … Continue reading 18 Dec ’89** (2551-K) Sakharov
POLITBURO. Last topics discussed: renaming the "L.I. Brezhnev" icebreaker, and letters from Svetlana ALLILUYEVA about her return to USSR [R: 20 Mar 86, Pb]. 2 pp (excerpt). * "Brezhnev" icebreaker, Alliluyeva letters ========================================= [page one of two] Top Secret Single copy (draft record) [...] [page two] 41. [...] GORBACHOV. There is one matter I have left … Continue reading Icebreaker, Alliluyeva letters (20 Mar ’86*, Pb)
* CPSU CC documents about Afghanistan Letter to Chairman of the RF Constitutional Court. Request for 27 CPSU Central Committee documents about Afghanistan to be added to the case materials for the defence at the CPSU Trial [R 31 Dec 92]. 5 pp. Afghanistan See 9.2 The USSR and Afghanistan for translations of most of … Continue reading Afghanistan (31 Dec ’92*)
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Annulment of BUKOVSKY’s 1967 conviction [R: 5 Dec 91]. ====================================== [page one of one] RSFSR Supreme Court103289 Moscow,Kuibyshev Square, 3/7 5 December 1991 No. 680 / 90 In response to No.: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In accordance with the resolution of the Presidium of the RSFSR Supreme Court … Continue reading 1967 conviction annulled (5 Dec ’91*, No 90-680)
KGB REPORT to the Central Committee (Politburo) by Vladimir KRYUCHKOV, new KGB head (1988-1991) on Andrei SAKHAROV’s funeral [R: 20 Dec 89, 3 pp. 2568-K]. 3 pp. ============================= [page one of three] kb-4 [two illegible words] DISTRIBUTED No. 1658. Secret '177' Copy No. 2. 20 December 1989, No. 2568-K. To the CPSU Central Committee [STAMP: … Continue reading Mourning Sakharov’s death (20 Dec ’89*, 2568-K)
REPORT from leading Politburo members (SHEVARDNADZE, ALEXANDER YAKOVLEV and CHEBRIKOV). Activists propose to hold seminar on human rights: measures to hinder seminar and participation of guests from abroad and other parts of USSR. File includes 19 December 1987 (2594-Ch) report on the success (pp. 6-9) of these obstructive measures [R: 4 Dec 87]. 9 pp … Continue reading Stop “human rights” seminar (4 Dec 1987*, 2451-Ch)
Moscow PARTY Committee to CPSU Central Committee. Report on vast anti-Gorbachov demonstration in the centre of the Soviet capital following January events in Lithuania [R: 20 January 1991, Pb 223]. 2 pp. ============================ * [page one of two] Return to the Protocol sector of the CPSU Central Committee General Department [vertical text on left margin] … Continue reading Anti-Gorbachov demo (23 Jan ’91*, Pb 223)
CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Report from Committee officials in Lithuania about the attempted takeover by the "Committee for National Salvation" [R: 11 Jan 91]. 4 pp. ================================== [page one of four] To the CPSU Central Committee About the events in Lithuania Senior staff of the [CPSU] Central Committee (Comrades Kazyulin and Udovichenko) who are in Lithuania, report … Continue reading Attempted takeover in Lithuania (11 Jan 1991*, No 00766)
POLITBURO. Report about the founding congress of the "Democratic Russia" movement and its anti-Communist stance [R: 24 Oct 90, Pb 1193], 7 pp (excerpt). * Democratic Russia, founding congress ================================ [page one of seven] No. Pb 1193, 24 October 1990 To Members of the CPSU Central Committee Politburo, To Secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee, … Continue reading “Democratic Russia” (24 Oct ’90*, Pb 1193)
