(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-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, see A … 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