A brief passage from Anatoly CHERNYAEV's unpublished "Diary", in which he responds to a report to the Central Committee by ANDROPOV (29 December 1975*, 3213-A) about the statements of foreign communist parties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 January 1976)
Category: 3.1 the 1960s
Alternative sources (1968-1991)
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 has been available online since 2008. For example -- A contemporary account of the events leading up to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's expulsion on 13 February from the USSR, … Continue reading Alternative sources (1968-1991)
27 January 1967* (Pb 32/5) Sinyavsky-Daniel
KGB report. Measures taken against people defending SINYAVSKY and DANIEL (5 pp). [Russian: 27 January 1967, No 162] Excerpts. ===================================== [page one of five, 9 February 1967] 9 February 1967, Minute No. 32 Not to be included in the Minutes (1.) This matter is not to be included for discussion. (2.) Instruct Comrades Suslov, Pelshe … Continue reading 27 January 1967* (Pb 32/5) Sinyavsky-Daniel
5 January 1966* (St 132/11) Sinyavsky-Daniel
Secretariat. Preparations for the trial of Andrei SINYAVSKY and Yuly DANIEL. Includes joint memorandum from KGB chairman and Procurator-General (23 December 1965, 2843-S), pp 2-7, and February 1966 report on outcome of trial, pp 8-9. [R 5 January 1966, St 132-11] total 9 pp. Excerpts. =============================== [page one of nine] Workers of all Lands, Unite! … Continue reading 5 January 1966* (St 132/11) Sinyavsky-Daniel
4 September 1968* [Pb] Litvinov
A letter to MIKOYAN from Ivy LITVINOV [née Low] in defence of her grandson, Pavel, arrested after the Red Square demonstration; forwarded by Mikoyan to BREZHNEV. [R 4 September 1968] ============================================================= [page one of one] Copy Dear Anastas Ivanovich, I'm writing this in distress: my grandson Pavel Litvinov is in Lefortovo prison. I don't know … Continue reading 4 September 1968* [Pb] Litvinov
14 January 1969* (Pb 111) Sinyavsky
Politburo. Approve KGB measures prompting Andrei Sinyavsky to ask for a pardon (total 2 pp). Includes text of 30 September 1968 (2281-A) request from the KGB, p 2. [R 14 January 1969, Pb 111] ========================================================== [page one, on plain paper] Minute 111 14 June 1969 MINUTED 2. Note from Yu. Andropov of 30 September 1968 … Continue reading 14 January 1969* (Pb 111) Sinyavsky
11 June 1968* (1372-A) Samizdat
KGB report to Central Committee about the new samizdat publication “A Chronicle of Current Events” (1968-1982) and its distribution by PAVEL LITVINOV, PYOTR YAKIR, and NATALYA GORBANEVSKAYA. [R 11 June 1968, 1372-A] total 2 pp. Includes cover page of the first issue of "Human Rights in the USSR" (later known as "A Chronicle of Current … Continue reading 11 June 1968* (1372-A) Samizdat
15 April 1968* (Pb 79/XII) Marchenko
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, pp. 2-3. [Russian: 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XII] total 3 pp. ======================= [page one of three] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST … Continue reading 15 April 1968* (Pb 79/XII) Marchenko
4 September 1967* (Pb 1393) Bukovsky
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 (total 4 pp). [R 4 September 1967, Pb 1393] Contains joint KGB-Central Committee Agitprop Department memorandum (2 September 1967, 2241-A), pp. 2-3, and draft text of … Continue reading 4 September 1967* (Pb 1393) Bukovsky
31 July 1967* (1931-A) Samizdat
KGB memorandum. Samizdat publication in Obninsk by ZHORES MEDVEDEV of Solzhenitsyn’s book The First Circle. KGB plans to detain PYOTR YAKIR with copies of the typescript. [Russian: 31 July 1967, 1931-A] total 3 pp. ======================= [page one of three] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 31 July 1967 … Continue reading 31 July 1967* (1931-A) Samizdat
25 November 1967* [Information Dept] Ginzburg-Galanskov trial
Information Department to Central Committee. Memo critical of the preparations for the forthcoming trial of Ginzburg, Galanskov, Dobrovolsky and Lashkova (excerpt). [R 25 November 1967] total 5 pp. ============================================================ [page one of five] MEMORANDUM About the case of the anti-Soviet group of Ginzburg, Galanskov, Dobrovolsky and Lashkova In their present form the charges in the … Continue reading 25 November 1967* [Information Dept] Ginzburg-Galanskov trial
22 December 1967* (Pb 63/122) Ginzburg-Galanskov trial
Politburo. Directions to Soviet ambassadors in the Eastern bloc, and in Western countries, concerning the forthcoming trial of Alexander GINZBURG, Yury GALANSKOV, Alexei Dobrovolsky and Vera Lashkova. [R 22 December 1967, Pb 63-122] total 2 pp. ============================= [page one of two] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CENTRAL COMMITTEE Top … Continue reading 22 December 1967* (Pb 63/122) Ginzburg-Galanskov trial
