<< 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.
<<‘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,…
“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?…
<<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.…
<< 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…
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…
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> On 12 May 1976 a declaration was issued announcing the formation of a new public association [NGO] in Moscow: the “Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements in the USSR”. The declaration states: The Group’s aim is to promote the observance of the Final Act…
<< No 1 : 30 April 1968 >> On 10 December 1968 it will be twenty years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of Human Rights. “Human Rights Year” began all over the world on 10 December 1967. On 11 December 1967 the trial of Yury GALANSKOV, Alexander GINZBURG, Alexei DOBROVOLSKY and…
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> On 30 March 1972 A.I. SOLZHENITSYN gave an interview to Western journalists.[1] Here are extracts from the interview : What are you working on now? October 1916, the second volume of the same book. Will it be finished soon? No, In the course of the work it…
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> MOSCOW On 20 April 1972 the arrest took place of the store-keeper of the Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Pyotr Petrovich STARCHIK (b. 1937). He has two children: the elder is 6, the younger 10 months. The investigation into his case is being…
<< No 33 : 10 December 1974 >> This Order, dated 14 January 1972, combines a number of earlier directives. The Chronicle does not have at its disposal the precise text of the Order, but its main provisions are well known: 1. Prisoners are allowed to move about their camp-zone only in columns; 2.Visits to…
<< No 33 : 10 December 1974 >> On the railway line running southeast from Moscow to Ryazan and eastwards to Ruzayevka (in Mordovia) lies the station of Zubova Polyana, 441 kilometres from Moscow. The next station, Potma, is 455 kilometres from Moscow. From Potma, a narrow-gauge line runs north, used by wagons bearing the…
