* 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 Bukovsky: Essays, Articles and Books (1977-2019)
SECRETARIAT. Discussions to be held about use of Syrian ports by Soviet navy, landing of Soviet spy planes at Syrian airports, and stationing of aviation and artillery units there [1]. Request to Central Committee (No 3395, 9 December 1980) which includes details of six delegation members; 22 November 1980 letter from General Staff to Central … Continue reading Soviet military mission to Syria (12 Dec 1980*, St 241/41)
On Tuesday, 19 November 2019, Vladimir BUKOVSKY was buried in Highgate Cemetery, north London, after a service conducted by an Orthodox priest at the chapel nearby. Among those who spoke later at the funeral reception in Lauderdale House were Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of the Crimean Tatar nation; journalist and veteran Soviet dissident Alexander Podrabinek; and … Continue reading Bukovsky laid to rest (November 2019)
In 2008, doubts were cast on the value and, even, the authenticity of the documents copied in Moscow by Vladimir Bukovsky in the second half of 1992. In part, this was a repetition of the furore in 1992 over the doctoring of a 1973 KGB report to the Politburo about Andrei Sinyavsky (see 28 February … Continue reading “How I copied these documents” (V. K. Bukovsky)
Arrangements for a visit by a group of US Senators, led by Joseph Biden (Dem.-Delaware) to the USSR between 25 and 30 August 1979 [R: 24 August 1979, St 173-49]. 4 pp. NB -- This is the only text about the 46th US President in Vladimir Bukovsky's archive, i.e. the documents he found and copied … Continue reading Biden in the USSR (24 Aug 1979*, St-173/49)
Belebei (USSR), 30 December 1942 — Cambridge (UK), 27 October 2019. Vladimir BUKOVSKY, once dubbed “a hero of almost legendary proportion among the Soviet dissident movement” by the New York Times, died of cardiac arrest in Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, England at 9:30 pm (Greenwich Mean Time) on 27 October 2019. He was 76. His … Continue reading Obituary: Vladimir K. BUKOVSKY, 1942-2019
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)
The "abuse of psychiatry for political purposes" was widespread in the Soviet Union. When the release of political prisoners began in 1987 it became apparent that one third of their number were detained, often indefinitely, in psychiatric prison hospitals. All ten documents in this archive concerning this practice may be found in the thematic section … Continue reading The Abuse of Psychiatry (1970-1989)
“The movers and shakers of today have little interest in digging for the truth. Who knows what one may come up with? You may start out with the Communists and end up with yourself.” Vladimir BUKOVSKY ♦ Paperback, hardback and e-book versions available ♦ “The most important work to appear for decades on the Soviet … Continue reading “Judgment in Moscow” (May 2019)
The Bukovsky Archives 