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Dissenters -- Soviet Union

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Arina S. and Aleksandr I. Ginzburg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0004
Abstract The papers consist of documents, letters, photographs, audiocassettes, and some printed material. The greater part of the collection contains materials relating to Aleksandr Ginzburg's second arrest and imprisonment (1967-1972), including almost 2,000 letters and original trial documents. The collection also includes material relating to Aleksandr Ginzburg's third arrest and imprisonment (1977-1979), documents of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, and material relating to Arina and Aleksandr...
Dates: circa 1950s-2016

Elisabeth Markstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0017
Abstract Elisabeth Markstein (1929-2013) was highly regarded for her translations from Russian to German, including Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago (under the pen name Anna Peturnig). She was also a teacher and literary scholar as well as a staunch supporter of the dissident writers in the Soviet Union. This collection consists of personal documents, correspondence (family, personal, and professional), papers dealing with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, scholarly research materials, photographs, and...
Dates: 1890s-2013; Majority of material found in ( 1930s-1990s)

Irena S. Verblovskaia and Revolt I. Pimenov Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0018
Abstract

Personal correspondence between Irena S. Verblovskaia and her first husband Revolt I. Pimenov, who was one of the founders of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union, written during their imprisonment for "anti-Soviet" activities (1958-1963).

Dates: 1957-2014