1970 - 1995
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1. Certificate of the Detention Facility of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Form A) No. 2186 dated 09/24/1970 on the release of Bakhmin V.I. Department of the KGB for Moscow and the Moscow Region dated 09/24/1970 on the termination of the criminal case on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 09/23/1970. (2 sheets, photocopy)
2. Judgment of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Tomsk Regional Court dated March 4, 1983 in relation to Bakhmin V.I. (4 sheets, typewritten copy)
3. Certificate of Institution YaU-114/4 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR No. 044052 of 01/25/1984 on the release of Bakhmin V.I. , convicted on March 4, 1983 by the Tomsk Regional Court under Art. 190-1, 41 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR for 1 year and 1 month in prison, who had a previous conviction on September 24, 1980 under Article 190-1 for 3 years in prison and released on February 4, 1984 after serving his sentence. (2 sheets, photocopy)
4. Certificate of the Institution No. IZ-361 (Form B) No. 093653 dated 04/19/1985 on the release of Bakhmin V.I. 206 part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR at art. 112 part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and appointed 6 months of corrective labor with deduction of 15% of earnings. (2., photocopy)
5. Interview of Bakhmin V.I., taken by Klimanova L.V. 08/10/1990 at a meeting of former political prisoners of 1953-1990. (5 sheets, manuscript)
6. Postcard of Bakhmin V.I. dated 10/14/1991 to the Organizing Committee on the possibility of coming to a meeting of former political prisoners in St. Petersburg on 12/7-8/1991. (n/w absences/21.10.1991). (1 sheet, original, manuscript)
7. Article by E. Bai “Corridors of power are being cleared of human rights activists” in the newspaper “Izvestiya” dated 02.08.1995. (1 sheet, newspaper clipping)
8. Questionnaire of a political prisoner No. 3A-147 of the All-Union Society "Memorial", filled out by Bakhmin V.I. (1 sheet, original on letterhead)
9. Questionnaire of the repressed No. 3A-148 of the All-Union Society "Memorial", filled in by Bakhmin V.I. (1 sheet, original on letterhead)
10. Questionnaire of the repressed No. 3A-149 of the All-Union Society "Memorial", filled out by Bakhmin V.I. (1 sheet, original on letterhead)

Names (1)

Bakhmin Vyacheslav Ivanovich
Definition: Founding Member of the Working Commission to Inquire into the Political Use of Psychiatry
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Born in 1947 in Kalinin; 4th year student, MIPT. Lived in the Moscow region, Dolgoprudny (Pervomaiskaya street, 32, 434). Arrested 11/30/1969. The investigation was conducted under Article 70 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR; an indictment was drawn up, in which he was accused of possessing and distributing “anti-Soviet” literature. The case did not go to trial: he was pardoned by a special Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Released on September 24, 1970. After his release, he graduated from the correspondence department of the Moscow Economic and Statistical Institute. Since 1973 he worked as a programmer at the Informelectro Institute in Moscow. Founding member of the Working Commission to Inquire into the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes. Arrested 02/12/1980. He was accused of producing and distributing “Information Bulletins” of the Republic of Kazakhstan, distributing “anti-Soviet literature” (in particular “The Gulag Archipelago”), as well as addressing the International Congress of Psychiatrists in Honolulu and letters that he sent to mental hospitals regarding illegal hospitalizations and other violations of law. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on September 24, 1980 under Art. 190-1 by 3 years of ITC. In custody in the village of Asino, Tomsk region. A week before his release, he was arrested in the camp “for anti-Soviet conversations” and sentenced on March 4, 1983 under Art. 190-1 to 1 year of the penal colony and to the remainder of the unserved term. After his release in February 1984, he was sent to live under supervision in the city of Kalinin. He worked as a programmer at the Spetsavtomatika Central Design Bureau. As a result of a provocation set up by the authorities, he was charged with malicious hooliganism. On March 29, 1985, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison. In the cassation court, the sentence was revised, the charge was reclassified to a more lenient one, and six months of corrective labor at the place of service with a deduction of 15% of salary were prescribed as a punishment. Released on April 19, 1985. In 1988 he returned to Moscow and worked as a programmer at the NPO Spetsavtomatika. Since 1989 - member of the revived Moscow Helsinki Group, as well as the Russian-American Project Group on Human Rights. After August 1991, he was invited to work at the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he headed the Department of Global Problems and Humanitarian Cooperation. In 1992-1995 - member of the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deputy head of the Russian delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights (the head of the delegation during these years was S.A. Kovalev). In 1992 he was awarded the rank of Envoy Extraordinary Class II. Since 1993 - member of the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Russian Federation. In 1995 he left public service. He was the executive director of the Moscow Open Society Institute (J. Soros Foundation).

Documents (5)

2. The verdict of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Tomsk Regional Court dated 03/04/1983 in relation to V.I. Bakhmin.
4. Certificate of the Institution No. IZ-361 (Form B) No. 093653 dated 04/19/1985 on the release of Bakhmin V.I., who served his sentence from 03/29/1985 to 04/19/1985. and released by definition of the Kalinin Regional Court of 04/18/1985, reclassifying Art. 206 part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR at art. 112 part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and appointed 6 months of corrective labor with deduction of 15% of earnings.
2 листа, 2 изображения, ксерокопия
6. Postcard of Bakhmin V.I. dated 10/14/1991 to the Organizing Committee about the possibility of former political prisoners coming to the meeting in St. Petersburg on December 7-8, 1991. (p/w absence/21.10.1991).
1 лист, 1 изображение, оригинал, рукопись
7. Article by E. Bai “The corridors of power are being cleared of human rights activists” in the newspaper “Izvestia” dated 08/02/1995.