(July 2018; revised November 2019) In 1992, for a period of five months, Vladimir Bukovsky was given access to the archives of the CPSU Central Committee in Moscow. 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: MARCHENKO, Anatoly*
4 February 1987* (206-B) Marchenko
KGB memorandum (Bobkov) to International Department. What to tell French Communists about imprisoned dissidents Anatoly MARCHENKO and Alexander OGORODNIKOV. (Marchenko died in December 1986, following a lengthy hunger strike in Chistopol Prison.) [Russian: 4 Feb 87 – 206-B] ======================= [one page] Secret 4 February 1987, No 206-B Comrade Yu.I. Zuyev, deputy head of the CPSU … Continue reading 4 February 1987* (206-B) Marchenko
15 April 1968* (Pb 79/XII) Marchenko
Proposal to Brezhnev and Andropov to revoke Soviet citizenship of dissidents ILYA GABAI (1935-1973) and ANATOLY MARCHENKO (1938-1986). Subsequently, the two men both died premature deaths. Includes draft edicts of USSR Supreme Soviet, pp. 2-3. [Russian: 15 April 1968, Pb 79-XII] total 3 pp. ======================= [page one of three] Workers of all Lands, Unite! COMMUNIST … Continue reading 15 April 1968* (Pb 79/XII) Marchenko
