SECRETARIAT. Proposal for Soviet press release concerning BUKOVSKY's meeting with US President JIMMY CARTER [R: 1 March 1977, St 46-15]. 7 pp. ===================== [page one of seven] No. St 46/15 of 1 March 1977 Top Secret RESOLUTION Central Committee Secretariatof the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Draft of a press report about J. Carter’s … Continue reading 1 March 1977* (St 46/15) Bukovsky press release
5 January 1977* (22-A) Stopping Helsinki Groups
KGB MEMORANDUM. Measures to stop the proliferation of anti-Soviet activities by the "Helsinki Watch Committee in USSR", and its sub-committees set up in Ukraine and Lithuania [R: 5 January 1977, 22-A]. 2 pp. ============================================= Top Secret To CPSU Central Committee About measures to end the hostile activity Of members of the so-called “Group For Assistance … Continue reading 5 January 1977* (22-A) Stopping Helsinki Groups
15 November 1976* (2577-A) Helsinki Groups
KGB REPORT. About the anti-Soviet goals of the "so-called" Helsinki Groups in the USSR, and measures to counter their activities [R: 15 November 1976, 2577-A]. 3 pp. ====================== [page one of three] Secret USSR COMMITTEE For State Security at the USSR Council of Ministers 15 November 1976, No. 2577-A Moscow To CPSU Central Committee About … Continue reading 15 November 1976* (2577-A) Helsinki Groups
02. The Status of these Archives
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
Only a Trial will do This Time (2013)
On Sunday, 18 March 2018, Vladimir PUTIN ran for the Russian presidency for a fourth time and won easily in the first round, claiming 77% of votes cast (by 68% of the electorate), in a contest that was neither free nor fair. His most prominent opponent, following the murder of Boris Nemtsov, was Alexei NAVALNY, … Continue reading Only a Trial will do This Time (2013)
[iv] Is Glasnost a Game of Mirrors? (1987)
«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 [iv] Is Glasnost a Game of Mirrors? (1987)
(II) “The Peace Movement and the USSR” (1982)
"Peace will be preserved and strengthened if the people / take the cause of peace into their own hands and defend it to the end" Joseph Stalin, 1952 * The “struggle for peace” has always been a cornerstone of Soviet foreign policy. Indeed, the Soviet Union itself rose out of the ashes of World War … Continue reading (II) “The Peace Movement and the USSR” (1982)
6 February 1990* (St 10/1) Soviet Red Cross
SECRETARIAT. Subsidies from the Soviet Red Cross for Moscow-based correspondents of Party and "fraternal" newspapers in capitalist and developing countries [R: 6 Nov 90, St 10-1]. 4 pp (excerpt). ========================= The “living expenses” of Moscow-based correspondents for these fraternal publications also formed part of the bill. From the late 1950s, to disguise its origins, this … Continue reading 6 February 1990* (St 10/1) Soviet Red Cross
05. Alternative sources (1968-1991), “Chronicle” and Vesti
The 63 published issues of the bi-monthly CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS, from April 1968 to June 1982, can all be accessed in English translation. (The Russian original ХРОНИКА ТЕКУЩИХ СОБЫТИЙ has been available online since 2008, thanks to the Memorial Human Rights Centre.) Example For a contemporary account of the events leading up to Alexander … Continue reading 05. Alternative sources (1968-1991), “Chronicle” and Vesti
The Bukovsky Archives 