(July 2018; revised November 2019) 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 Boris Yeltsin asked him to speak as a witness on its behalf at the forthcoming "trial of the Communist Party" (the CPSU … Continue reading The Status of these Archives
Tag: “A Chronicle of Current Events”
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. Example For 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)
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
The Bukovsky Archives 