Panel case of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes

Bakhmin Vyacheslav Ivanovich

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).

Grivnina Irina Vladimirovna

Genus. in 1945 in Fergana, Uzbek SSR; higher education - engineer; employee of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute "Informelektro"; Member of the Working Commission to Inquire into the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes (since 1980). Lived in Moscow. Ed. Information Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1977-1980, up to No. 22 - anonymous), participated in the activities of the Fund for Assistance to Political Prisoners (1978?-1980); was subjected to persecution: detention on Human Rights Day (1978), search, interrogation in the case of V.G. Yanina (1979), searches and interrogations in the case of L.B. Ternovsky, interrogations in the case of V.I. BAKHMIN, “warned” about “parasitism” (1980). Arrested on September 16, 1980. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on July 15, 1981. according to Art. 190-1 to 5 years of exile. She was in exile in the Kokchetav region of the Kazakh SSR until 1983. After his release, he was denied Moscow registration, a “warning” according to the “Decree” (1985). Emigrated in 1985 Lives in the Netherlands, journalist.

Koryagin Anatoly Ivanovich

Genus. in 1938 in Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Territory; Russian. Higher education, graduated from Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute in 1963. Lived in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR. He worked as a psychiatrist at the regional psychoneurological dispensary, candidate of medical sciences. Arrested 02/13/1981. Sentenced by the Kharkov Regional Court on June 5, 1981 under Art. 62 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR, 218 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 7 years of imprisonment and 5 years of exile. He served his sentence in the Perm camps and Chistopol prison. 01/30/1985 Chistopol City Court convicted under Art. 191 and 206 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR ("resistance to a representative of authority", "hooliganism") for 2 years with addition to the unserved term, a total of 5 years 3 months 13 days of a penal colony and 5 years of exile. Released in February 1987 on pardon. Forced to emigrate, deprived of Soviet citizenship.

Podrabinek Alexander Pinkhosovich

Genus. in 1953 in Moscow; Jew; specialized medical education (medical school); medical worker, member of the Working Commission to investigate the use of psychiatry for political purposes. Lived in Moscow. Arrested 05/14/1978. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on August 15, 1978 under Art. 190-1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. Sentenced to 5 years of exile. 06/13/1980 re-arrested in exile (Oymyakon, Yakutia), 01/06/1981 sentenced by the Supreme Court of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic under Art. 190-1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to imprisonment for a term of 3.5 years, serving the sentence in a correctional labor colony.

Serebrov Felix Arkadevich

Genus. in 1930 in Moscow; Russian; secondary education. Electrician. Arrested 01/08/1981. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on July 21, 1981 under Article 70 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 4 years in prison and 5 years in exile. He served his term in the Perm camps, and exile in the Kokchetav region. KazSSR. Released in 1987 on pardon. Died on January 13, 2015 in Moscow.

Ternovsky Leonard Borisovich

Born on September 6, 1933 in Moscow. In 1956 he graduated from the 1st Moscow Medical Institute, worked for 2 years as a doctor in Chukotka, then as a radiologist in Moscow, at the Faculty Therapeutic Clinic of the 1st Moscow. honey. Institute. In 1966-1968. worked as a doctor in Kamchatka. On December 21, 1969, a group of dissidents went to Red Square to protest against the political rehabilitation of I.V. Stalin. In May 1978 - April 1980 was a member of the “Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes.” In 1980 he joined the Moscow Helsinki Group. 04/10/1980 arrested on charges of “anti-state activity” in December 1980. sentenced to 3 years of labor camp under Art. 190-1. Sent to a camp in Saransk (Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). In 1981, cassation proceedings in Moscow left the verdict unchanged. Transferred to a camp in Tolyatti, then to a camp near Omsk. Released in 1983. After the camp he went to the city of Ryazan (attempts to get a job, temporary work as a doctor), then to the city of Pokrov, Vladimir region. In 1986, he received permission to return and live in Moscow, worked in the capital's hospitals. Rehabilitated in 1991. Wrote several articles on the history of the human rights movement (including the history of the samizdat magazine Chronicle of Current Events ), several stories on this topic. Died on February 14, 2006 in Moscow.