Prisoners of an old regime ♣ Marjorie Farquharson ♣ (July 2000) When you see what happened to them in the 1990s, the harsh years that some people spent as prisoners in previous decades seemed to be merely a dry-run. Zviad Gamsakhurdia became Georgia’s first freely-elected President after the Soviet Union collapsed, with a mandate to … Continue reading “The freight and the groove” (2000)
Obituary: Grigory Podyapolsky, 9 March 1976 (39.1)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> On the night of 8/9 March 1976, Grigory Sergeyevich PODYAPOLSKY, a scientist and poet, one of those who has fought openly and courageously for human rights in the USSR, died of a brain haemorrhage in a Saratov hospital. Grigory Podyapolsky had an exceptional, outsize and vivid personality. … Continue reading Obituary: Grigory Podyapolsky, 9 March 1976 (39.1)
Underground News in the USSR (2017)
<<'Journalism is not a Crime' — Freedom of Speech in Iran>> Since this website was launched late in 2015 it has been moving and, at times, remarkable to see how universal is the curiosity about the Chronicle, its history and its background. Following up a lead from the Wikipedia page about the Chronicle or, perhaps, … Continue reading Underground News in the USSR (2017)
«Хроника» возникла самозарождением (2003)
"Почти как стихи…" Интервью с Натальей Горбаневской (Париж, 2003 г.). Наталья Евгеньевна ГОРБАНЕВСКАЯ (1936–2013) — поэт, переводчик, журналист. Основатель и первый издатель самиздатского бюллетеня «Хроника текущих событий». Участница «демонстрации семерых» на Красной площади 25 августа 1968. Член Инициативной группы по защите прав человека в СССР. *** Наталья Евгеньевна, расскажите, как вы оказались в кругу диссидентов? … Continue reading «Хроника» возникла самозарождением (2003)
On the presentation of the [1972] Nobel Prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn (25.4)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> In accordance with the suggestion made by SOLZHENITSYN in his letter to the Secretary of the Swedish Academy, K. R. Gierow (CCE 22.1), the ceremony for the presentation of the Nobel Prize was due to take place in a private flat in Moscow. A.I. Solzhenitsyn sent off the invitations. … Continue reading On the presentation of the [1972] Nobel Prize to A.I. Solzhenitsyn (25.4)
The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev, 12 April 1973 (31.2)
<< No 31: 17 May 1974 >> Tashkent Region Court, 12 April 1973 Articles 190-1 and 190-3 of the RSFSR Criminal Code and corresponding articles of the criminal code of the Uzbek SSR. Sentence – 3 years in the camps. ♦ On 12 July 1972 a search was made in the flat of RESHAT DZHEMILEV … Continue reading The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev, 12 April 1973 (31.2)
USING THIS WEBSITE
The 63 published issues of the CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS can be accessed in English translation (and Russian) through the menu bar above. The Russian original ХРОНИКА ТЕКУЩИХ СОБЫТИЙ is online. So is most of the Munich-based ВЕСТИ ИЗ СССР (1978- 1992). A useful selection of CPSU Central Committee documents, many translated into English, is … Continue reading USING THIS WEBSITE
