SECRETARIAT. Resolution on action to counter anti-Russian feeling and actions in the Karachaevo-Cherkessk Autonomous Region (North Caucasus). Based on a six-page report from ANDROPOV, 9 December 1980, No 2576-A [R: 30 Dec 80, 7 pp]. 7 pp (excerpt). =================================================== [page one of seven] No St 243/8, 30 December 1980 Top Secret SPECIAL FILE RESOLUTION of … Continue reading Anti-Russian N. Caucasus (30 Dec 1980*, St 243/8)
KGB report (Chebrikov). Proposed measures against "US anti-Soviet campaign related to human rights" and the corresponding Central Committee Resolution [R: 31 Jul 86, 1503-Ch] 4 pp. ===================================== [page one of four] Secret July 1986, No 1503-Ch To the CPSU Central Committee Measures to counter the anti-Soviet campaign in the USA about human rights issues According … Continue reading 31 July 1986 * (1503-Ch) Human Rights campaign
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov). Proposal to issue State pardons for special categories of criminals [dissidents] on condition that they cease their "anti-Soviet" activities [R: 26 Dec 86, 2522-Ch]. 6 pp (excerpts). ====================================== [page one of six] Top Secret 26 December 1986, No 2521-Ch To the CPSU Central Committee Freeing certain categories of individual from criminal responsibility … Continue reading Pardons for Dissidents (26 Dec 1986*, 2521‑Ch)
KGB REPORT (Chebrikov). Attempts by "the Adversary" to subvert Soviet writers and restore the reputation of emigré authors [R: 1 Jun 86, 5 pp – 1135-Ch]. 5 pp (Excerpts). ====================================================== [page one of five] Resolution of Comrade Gorbachovsee p. 5 Secret [illegible] June 1986, No 1135-Ch To the CPSU Central Committee [Partially illegible] efforts of … Continue reading 01 June 1986* (1135-Ch) Subverting Soviet writers
JOINT MEMORANDUM to Central Committee from KGB, USSR Procurator-General and ?Ministry of Justice. Delay trials of “anti-Soviet elements” ([a] dissidents Anatoly SHCHARANSKY, Alexander GINZBURG, Yury ORLOV and Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA; and [b] "spies" Lubman, Filatov and Nilov) until a politically suitable time [R: 1 April 1978, 785-A]. 4 pp (excerpts). ============================== [page one of four] Secret … Continue reading Putting Helsinki Group members and “spies” on trial (1 April 1978*, 785-A)
KGB MEMORANDUM (Andropov). Items of art confiscated by KGB transferred to the Kremlin museums [R: 13 February 1982, 317-A]. One page. ===================================== [Page one of one] Secret Committee of State Security [KGB] 13 February 1982, No 317-A, Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The transfer of works of art to the Moscow Kremlin State Museums … Continue reading 13 February 1982* (317-A) KGB confiscated art
KGB and Ministry of Internal Affairs: Transfer of "especially dangerous" prisoners from Vladimir Prison to Chistopol Prison. Henceforward political prisoners would be held in Chistopol Prison [R: 17 March 1978, 492-Ch]. 2 pp. ========================================================== [page one of two] Secret Copy no 3 To the CPSU Central Committee No 06637 The transfer of especially dangerous State … Continue reading Transfer to Chistopol Prison (17 March 1978*, 492-Ch)
POLITBURO decision about the mentaly ill. ANDROPOV circulates to fellow Politburo members a report from Krasnodar Region KGB suggesting a widespread threat from the mentally ill to public order and the Soviet system. Includes (p. 2) Andropov's note to the Politburo (19 January 1970, 141-A), and a report (pp. 3-5) to Andropov from Major-General SMORODINSKY … Continue reading Abuse of Psychiatry, Krasnodar KGB report (22 Jan 1970*, Pb 151/XIII)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Deportation from FRG of the Soviet historian Mikhail Voslensky. Extend his Soviet travel passport, but abduct and forcibly return him to the USSR if necessary [R: 30 April 1972, 1176-A]. 2 pp. ====================================================== [page one of two] Top Secret USSR Committee of State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 30 April … Continue reading Deport historian Voslensky from West Germany (30 April 1972*, 1176-A)
The Bukovsky Archives 