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COMMUNISM ON TRIAL

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    • 01. “Night of the Looters”
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  • 1937-1969
    • 1. 1937 to 1952
    • 2. 1953 to 1965
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    • 4. 1968 and 1969
  • 1970-1975
    • 5. January to December 1970
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    • 15. January to March 1980
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    • 19. January-December 1981
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    • 21. 1984 to 1986
  • 1987-1994
    • 22. 1987 and 1988
    • 23. January-December 1989
    • 24. 1990 to 1994
  • JUDGEMENT IN MOSCOW
    • online version (2026)
    • PART ONE (bk): the East, 1-6
    • PART TWO (bk): the West, 7-14
  • Articles
    • 5. “Only a Trial” (2013)
    • 4. A Game of Mirrors? (1987)
    • 3. Nicaragua [1985]
    • 2. Peace Movement (1982)
    • 1. Punitive Psychiatry (1977)

Tag: Trial of the CPSU (1992)*

“How I copied these documents” (Bukovsky)

05/11/201917/07/2026

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 “How I copied these documents” (Bukovsky)

About Poland (Jul ’92*, Pb)

25/09/201814/10/2026

RF PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVE. List of eight documents reflecting Politburo discussion and action in relation to Poland, between August 1980 and September 1982 [R: Jul 92]. One page. * For translations of five of these documents see this websiteand section 9.4 The USSR and Poland. * Politburo documents about Poland (Jul '92*) ================= [page one of … Continue reading About Poland (Jul ’92*, Pb)

CPSU on Trial (’92, media)

25/09/201814/10/2026

* "The Past on Trial" ('92): CPSU hearings Russia one year later * Richard PIPES [1] «The Washington Post»  (16 Aug 1992) In the morning hours of 7 July 1992 an unusual spectacle unfolded in the center of Moscow, off Staraya Ploshchad, where until recently the all-powerful Central Committee of the Communist Party of the … Continue reading CPSU on Trial (’92, media)

Afghanistan (31 Dec ’92*)

02/06/201701/09/2026

* CPSU CC documents about Afghanistan Letter to Chairman of the RF Constitutional Court. Request for 27 CPSU Central Committee documents about Afghanistan to be added to the case materials for the defence at the CPSU Trial [R 31 Dec 92]. 5 pp. Afghanistan See 9.2 The USSR and Afghanistan for translations of most of … Continue reading Afghanistan (31 Dec ’92*)

Rebuilding Russia (1990)

"Time has finally run out for communism, but its concrete edifice has not yet crumbled. May we not be crushed beneath its rubble instead of gaining liberty."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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The Source

The classified documents that make up this archive were copied secretly by VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY in 1992 as he prepared to testify at the Trial of the CPSU. (See Night of the Looters, Chapter 2, abridged)

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