AS 169. A.V. Belinkov's Open Letter to the USSR Writers Union on the Eve of His Defection to the West

Call Number
300-85-9:5/14

General information

Call No.:
300-85-9:5/14
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 #5 / No. 14
Original Title
АС 169. Открытое письмо А. В. Белинкова в Союз писателей СССР накануне отъезда из СССР
Date
1967
Level
Item
Primary Type
Textual
Language
Russian
Notes
Published in: Sobranie Dokumentov Samizdata, Vol. 3. English title given by RL; one carbon copy, one RL publication and one publication in Posev. Published Versions: NRS, 20 July 1968; Posev, No. 8, 1968, pp. 3-7; Sunday Telegraph, 28 July 1968.

Content

Contents Summary
Letter announcing the author's withdrawal from the USSR Union of Writers and denouncing its conformist position.
Письмо заявлением о выходе из Союза писателей и обличением его конформистской позиции.

Context

Associated Names
Belinkov, Arkadii (None)
Associated Places
Tallin
Moscow
Estonia
Russia

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
Moscow
Tallin
Estonia
Russia
Collection Specific Tags
Soviet Union, Case of Solzhenitsyn, censorship, literature, Samizdat