Michael Ledeen, FREEDOM BETRAYED (1996) Chapter Three (pp. 69-70) [T]he West should have insisted on a proper accounting, if not for the millions of collaborators, certainly for the ruling elites. […] we should have understood the vital importance of making public the historical record of Communist tyranny. […] For a few brief months after the … Continue reading Soviet Archives opened — and shut
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 (Nov 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 VKB: “How I copied these documents”
* Obituary: Vladimir K. BUKOVSKY 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 … Continue reading Obituary: BUKOVSKY, 1942-2019
SECRETARIAT. Proposal for Soviet press release concerning BUKOVSKY's meeting with US President JIMMY CARTER (feature photo) [R: 1 March 1977, St 46-15]. 7 pp. * Bukovsky-Carter press release (1 Mar '77*, St 46/15) * ===================== [page one of seven] No. St 46/15 of 1 March 1977 Top Secret RESOLUTION Central Committee Secretariat of the Communist … Continue reading Bukovsky-Carter (1 Mar ’77* St)
The KGB, USSR Ministry of Health and others write to CENTRAL COMMITTEE about Western "anti-Soviet propaganda" concerning the abuse of psychiatry for political purposes [R: 10 September 1976, 2066-A]. 18 pp. * Abuse of psychiatry, Western response (10 Sept '76*, 2066-A) * The file contains eight documents, dated 10 September to 28 December 1976, sent … Continue reading Western response (10 Sept ’76* A)
POLITBURO. Final version of letter to leaders of the French Communist Party (PCF) [R: 15 March 1977, Pb 49-XV] 23 pp (excerpts). See draft of letter above [R: 22 February, St 45/8, 22 pp]. Letter to French Communist Party (15 Mar '77*, Pb 49/XV) * =================================================== [page two] Item 15, Minutes No 49 Top Secret … Continue reading Letter to PCF (15 Mar ’77*, Pb)
POLITBURO. Decision on the exchange of CORVALAN (feature photo) for BUKOVSKY (p. 1). Contains four other documents [R: 15 December 1976, Pb 38-46], Six pp (excerpt): [1-2] INSTRUCTIONS to Soviet ambassadors in 1) Washington (A. Dobrynin) and 2) Bern, Switzerland (pp. 2-4); [3] draft EDICT concerning "the eviction of Bukovsky from the USSR" (p. 5); … Continue reading Corvalan-Bukovsky (15 Dec ’76* Pb)
SUPREME COURT of the Russian Federation. Annulment of BUKOVSKY’s 1967 conviction [R: 5 Dec 91]. * 1967 conviction annulled (5 Dec '91*, No 90-680) * ====================================== [page one of one] RSFSR Supreme Court103289 Moscow,Kuibyshev Square, 3/7 5 December 1991 No. 680 / 90 In response to No.: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In accordance with … Continue reading 1967 conviction annulled (5 Dec ’91* SC)
