General information

Call No.:

300-85-9:12/11

Part of series

HU OSA 300-85-9 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Samizdat Archives: Published Samizdat

Located at

Archival boxes #12 / No. 11

Original Title

АС 471. Открытое письмо А.Д. Сахарова

Date

1970

Level

Item

Primary Type

Textual

Language

Russian

Notes

Published in: Sobranie Dokumentov Samizdata, Vol. 7. English title given by RL; one RL reproduction with name index. Published Versions: (Rus.) Vestnik RSKhD, 1970, No. 97, pp. 150-151.

Content

Contents Summary

The letter is addressed to the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union L.I. Brezhnev. A.D. Sakharov protests against Zh.A. Medvedev's compulsory confinement for psychiatric observation on 29 May 1970. The folder contains note, name index, and the memorandum of Research department of RFE/RL. Settlement of creation is uncertain.

Письмо адресовано генеральному секретарю ЦК КПСС Л.И. Брежневу. А.Д. Сахаров протестует против насильственного помещения Ж.А. Медведева в психиатрическую больницу 29 мая 1970 г. Дело содержит примечание, именной указатель и меморандум Исследовательского отдела РС/РСЕ. Место создания документа точно не известно.

Context

Associated Names

Sakharov, Andrei (None)

Associated Places

Moscow

Russia

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Moscow

Russia

Subject

Brezhnev, Leonid

Medvedev, Zhores

Collection Specific Tags

Soviet Union, psychiatry, Samizdat