AS 679. The Trial of Simas Kudirka

Call Number
300-85-9:17/11

General information

Call No.:
300-85-9:17/11
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 #17 / No. 11
Original Title
АС 679. Cуд над Симасом Кудиркой
Date
1971
Level
Item
Primary Type
Textual
Language
Russian, Lithuanian
Notes
Published in: Sobranie Dokumentov Samizdata, Vol. 9. English title given by RL; one carbon copy, one RL reproduction, one publication in Posev, one Lithuanian Translation, and one comment on Kudirka case in Herald Tribune. Cross-References in Samizdat: Excerpts in Khr. #20 (AS 675:17-19). Published Versions: (Eng.) Anatoly Shub, Int, Herald Tribune, 7-8 Aug. 1971, pp. 1-2.

Content

Contents Summary
Short transcript of the trial in the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR. In November 1970 Simas Kudirka, the radio operator of a Lithuanian fishing-boat, attempted to remain on board an American cutter in USA territorial waters; the captain of the cutter handed him over to the Soviet sailors. Kudirka was arrested, an investigation was carried out by the KGB and he was charged under Article 62 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code (equivalent to Article 64 of the Russian Code) with betrayal of the fatherland. The sentence of the court was ten years’ hard labor in strict-regime camps. The folder contains related materials in Lithuanian and English. The folder also contains name index, memorandum, corrections, and notes of the Research department of RFE/RL.
Краткая запись процесса в Верховном Суде Литовской ССР. С. Кудирка - радист литовского рыболовецкого судна, в ноябре 1970 года пытался остаться на борту американского катера в территориальных водах США; капитан катера выдал его советским морякам. Кудирка был арестован, следствие вели органы КГБ, обвинение предъявлено по ст. 62 УК Лит.ССР (соотв. ст. 64 УК РСФСР) - измена родине. Приговорен к 10 годам принудительных работ в лагерях строгого режима. Дело содержит дополнительные материалы на литовском и английском языках. Дело также содержит именной указатель, меморандум, поправки и примечания Исследовательского отдела РС/РСЕ.

Context

Associated Places
Leningrad
Russia

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
Leningrad
Russia
Collection Specific Tags
Soviet Union, Emigration, Samizdat