On Trial: The Soviet State versus "Abram Tertz" and "Nikolai Arzhak"

317 Pages·1967·3.883 MB·English

by  Abram Tertz, Andrei Sinyavsky, Max Hayward (ed.)

ON TRIAL

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IntrodbuyMc atxHi aoynw ard 1
I. THE TRIAL
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Readionftg h Ien dictment 37
ExaminoafYt uilDoian n iel 47
ExaminoafAt nidorSnei ainv ysky 81
SessoifFo enb r1u1a1,r9 y6 6
ExaminoafAt nidorSnei in ya(vcsoknyt )i nued 88
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II.A P P E N D I X
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THE TURNCOATS BY DMITRI EREMIN THE HEIRS OF SMER­
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DYAKOV BY Z.K EDRINA
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FROM Y. I.L EVIN I FROM Y. GERCHUK IF ROM N. KISHILOV
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A. A.Y AKOBSON II .G OLOMSHTOK IV. V. IVANOV IV.D . MENI­
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"JUDGMENT ON SLANDERERS" BY B. KRYMOV 280
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LETTER OF 63MO SCOW WRITERS IL ETTER FROM LIDIAC HU­
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KOVSKAYA TO MIKHAIL SHOLOKHOV LETTER FROM FIVE
SCHOLARS
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TELEGRAM OF GROUP OF SCHOLARS AND WRITERS
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Index 305
ON TRILA

Introduction
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