Kazachkov Mikhail Petrovich
2. Questionnaire of the political prisoner No. 3A-116 of the All-Union Society "Memorial" for M.P. Kazachkov, filled out by his mother D.A. Kazachkova. (1 sheet, original on letterhead).
3. Letter from the investigator of the Chistopol city prosecutor's office Stebo A. No. 1097 dated 11/18/1980 Kazachkova D.A. with a request to inform about the date of arrival of a lawyer in the city of Chistopol to protect Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, typewritten copy).
4. Curriculum vitae on M.P. Kazachkov, compiled [after 01/09/1981], Radio Liberty Archive, AS RS (3 sheets, 2 copies, typewritten copy).
5. Letter from an employee of the International Society for Human Rights V. Fefelov dated 07/03/1987 Kazachkova D.A. about solidarity with her in her struggle for the release of her son (1 sheet, 2 copies, photocopy).
6. Article Kazachkov M.P. “There is no need for controversy. Letter from Prison” in a newspaper (no data) [after 09/07/1989] (1 sheet, photocopy).
7. Letter from US Senate Senator Timothy Wirth I. dated September 21, 1989 to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Gorbachev M.S. with a demand to release MP Kazachkov, in English; translation into Russian (2 sheets, 6 copies, photocopy).
8. Letter from US Senator Wirt Timothy I. dated September 21, 1989 to M.P. Kazachkov, in English (1 sheet, 2 copies, photocopy).
9. Letter from Congressman of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Frank Wolf dated September 25, 1989 Kazachkova D.A. about his meeting with her son Kazachkov M.P. in the Perm remand prison on 10.08.1989 and about the continuation of her struggle for his release, in English; translation into Russian (2 sheets, 8 copies, photocopy).
10. Letter from the Chairman of the Swedish Committee "Lawyers for Justice" Romander H. and Secretary Goldfarb I. dated 05.26.1989 to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Gorbachev M.S. with a call to release MP Kazachkov, in English; translation into Russian (4 sheets, 6 copies, photocopy).
11. Letter from the chairman of the committee "Architects, engineers and construction companies for the liberation of Soviet Jews" dated 29.09.1989 Kazachkova D.A. about sending a letter to her son wishing her a speedy release, in English; translation into Russian (2 sheets, 6 copies, photocopy).
12. Letter from Congressman of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Wolf F. dated 11/14/1989 Kazachkova D.A. about sending her his previous letter about the meeting with her son M.P. Kazachkov. in the Perm investigative prison on 10.08.1989, in English; translation into Russian (2 sheets, 4 copies, photocopy).
13. Article by Zakharov E. “The Case of Mikhail Kazachkov” in the newspaper Express Chronicle No. 37, 1989 (2 sheets, 2 copies, photocopy).
14. Article “Suit from the Gulag” in the newspaper (no data), [1989] (2 sheets, photocopy).
15. Article Alekseev A. "Masquerade" in the newspaper "Trud" dated 09.12.1989 about the criminal activities of Kazachkov M.P. - smuggling and espionage. (1 sheet, 2 copies, newspaper clipping, photocopy).
16. The article “Arguments and Facts in the Case of Mikhail Kazachkov” and a letter from Kazachkova D.A. with a request for help in the release of his son in the Latvian newspaper "Atmoda" No. 56 dated 12/18/1989, p. 8 (1 sheet, newspaper).
17. Bulletin "Prisoner's Page" No. 9 for November-December 1989, with an article about Kazachkov M.P. (pp. 13-20) (20 sheets, brochure).
18. Letter from the chairman of the trade union committee of the Leningrad Institute of Physics and Technology. A.F.Ioffe Volle V.M. and Chairman of the Socio-Political Commission Kropotov G.I. dated 01/24/1990 to the Committee on Legislation, Law and Order of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR with a request to study the criminal case of MP Kazachkov (1 sheet, 4 copies, photocopy, typewritten copy).
19. Letter from Kazachkova M.P. to the Leningrad City Council with a request to create a commission to review the case of her son M.P. Kazachkov. [1990] (2 sheets, photocopy of the manuscript).
20. Article by V. Kosarev “Once again about the “Mikhail Kazachkov Case” (From essays on the “blank spots” in the history of the Leningrad Fiztekh)”, [1990] (8 sheets, typewritten copy).
21. Draft speech of an unidentified person at a rally in defense of M.P. Kazachkov, [1990] (3 sheets, typescript with handwritten corrections).
22. Comment Kazachkov M.P. to his verdict, filed by him in the form of a supervisory complaint to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (15 sheets, 2 copies, typewritten copy).
23. Letter from the Leningrad Society "Memorial" to the Leningrad Council of People's Deputies with a call to achieve a review of the case of M.P. Kazachkov. [after 05/05/1990] (1 sheet, typescript).
24. Questionnaire for a participant in the second international conference of human rights, Vilnius-Leningrad, 1990, filled out by M.P. Kazachkov. (1 sheet, photocopy).
25. Kazachkov's letter to M.P. “I don’t need advice from the Lubyanka”, published in the journal Yunost, No. 11, 1990 (1 sheet, magazine clipping).
26. Letter to Kazachkov M.P. dated 03.02.1990 to the Chistopol prison, in English (1 sheet, photocopy).
27. Letter on the letterhead of the magazine "Friendship of Peoples" dated 02.14.1990 Kazachkova D.A. about sending the book of the author of the letter for transfer to her son Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, photocopy).
28. Letter from the secretary of the executive committee "Scientists for the liberation of Sakharov, Orlov and Sharansky" Zigelman F. dated 01.05.1990 Kazachkova D.A. about actions in defense of her son MP Kazachkov, in English; translation into Russian (2 sheets, 7 copies, photocopy).
29. Draft of S. Meleshchenko's speech dated May 1, 1990, in which M.P. Kazachkov is mentioned. (5 sheets, manuscript).
30. Letter from an unidentified person dated 09.05.1990 to Kazachkova D.A. in support of her son Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, photocopy).
31. Article “Conscience at the Summit” in The New York Times of 05/18/1990, which mentions Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, photocopy).
32. Letter from Kazachkova M.P. dated May 1990 to the Leningrad Council of People's Deputies on the establishment of a commission to review the case of her son M.P. Kazachkov. (1 sheet, photocopy of typescript).
33. Appeal Kazachkov M.P. dated 05/31/1990 to the chairman of the commission on human rights of the Leningrad City Council Rybakov Yu. with a request to reconsider his case (8 sheets, photocopy of the manuscript).
34. Draft telegram of the coordinator of the commission on human rights of the society "Memorial" Lichutin G.B. and a member of the Commission on Human Rights Zhzhenova to the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the USSR Smolentsev E.A. dated 06/12/1990 on the need to review the case of Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, typescript, manuscript).
35. Article by Kosarev V. “Once again about the “case of Kazachkov” in the newspaper “Smena” dated 07.07.1990 (1 sheet, 2 copies, newspaper clipping).
36. Article by the press group of the Leningrad Department of the KGB “Truth and Lies about the Kazachkov Case” with an official point of view, in the newspaper “Smena” 08/08/1990 (1 sheet, 3 copies, newspaper clipping).
37. Decision of the Standing Commission on Human Rights No. 15 of 16.08.1990 to send a member of the commission to Chistopol to meet with M.P. Kazachkov. and apply to the KGB for LO with a request to familiarize the commission with the case of M.P. Kazachkov. (1 sheet, 3 copies, photocopy).
38. Letter from G.B. Lichutin, Head of the Memorial Human Rights Commission. No. 201 of 09/08/1990 to the former US Consul General Lofton with a request to write a refutation of Kazachkov's espionage M.P. in favor of the USA (2 sheets, typewritten copy).
39. The article “Kazachkov is returning?” Compiled from letters from readers, a letter from Kazachkov’s mother and an absentee speech by M.P. Kazachkov himself. at the Second International Conference on Human Rights, in the newspaper "Smena" No. 216 (19666) dated 09/20/1990 (2 sheets, 3 copies, newspaper clipping).
40. Fragment of an article in a New York newspaper (no data) dated 25.09.1990 about the case of M.P. Kazachkov. (1 sheet, photocopy).
41. Article by Popov L. “Justice in nine years” in the newspaper “Smena” No. 214 (19691) dated 10/17/1990 about his lawyer defense Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, 2 copies, newspaper clipping).
42. Article by Kravtsova A. “Mikhail Kazachkov: Fifteen Years of Solitude” in the newspaper “Literator” No. 46 (51) dated 07.12.1990, pp. 1 and 8, about a conversation with the released Kazachkov M.N. (2 sheets, newspaper clipping).
43. Article by Gorshkov A. “Kazachkov has returned…” in the newspaper Smena dated 01/23/1991 about a conversation with the released Kazachkov M.N. (1 sheet, 2 copies, newspaper clipping).
44. Essay Kazachkov M.P. "Möbius strip" in the magazine "Friendship of Peoples" No. 5 for 1991, pp. 234-255 (12 sheets, magazine clipping).
45. Article by Obukhov G. “The end of the fifteen-year term” in the newspaper “New Russian word” about the fate of Kazachkov M.P. (1 sheet, photocopy).
46. Leaflet of the International Society for Human Rights with biographical information on Klimchuk B. and Kazachkov M.P., with a call to write to the President of the USSR Gorbachev M.S. demanding their release; in English and Russian (2 sheets, photocopy).
47. Letter from members of the Leningrad Society "Memorial" to the Leningrad Council of People's Deputies demanding the release of MP Kazachkov, 23 signatures, [1991] (2 sheets, original on letterhead).
Names (1)
Kazachkov Mikhail Petrovich
Genus. in 1944 in Leningrad. In 1966 he graduated from Leningrad State University with a degree in theoretical physics. Worked at the Leningrad Institute of Physics and Technology. A.F. Ioffe. In the early 1970s The KGB tried to attract to "cooperation", but he refused. In 1975 he decided to emigrate from the USSR. Renounced Soviet citizenship. In 1975 he was arrested and sentenced in 1976 by the Leningrad City Court under Art. 64 "d" of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 15 years of penitentiary. He served his sentence in the Perm political camps and the Chistopol prison. In detention, he actively participated in the struggle of political prisoners for their rights. In 1981, while in prison, he received a new term - "for hooliganism", added to the unserved part of the previous term. During the amnesty of 1987 he was not released. In August 1990, the Supreme Court of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic overturned the 1981 verdict, and in the fall of that year, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR decided to pardon. Released in November 1990 and soon left for the USA; works at Harvard Law School, delivers reports and articles. In 1991 he was rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of the RSFSR. In conclusion, he wrote two literary and philosophical essays; one of them - "Moebius Tape" - was published in the journal "Friendship of Peoples" (1991, No. 5).
Documents (32)
1. The verdict of the Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Leningrad City Court dated October 1976 on charges against M.P. Kazachkov.




3. Letter from the investigator of the Chistopol City Prosecutor's Office Stebo A. No. 1097 dated November 18, 1980 to D.A. Kazachkova. with a request to inform about the arrival date of the lawyer in Chistopol to defend M.P. Kazachkov.

4. Biographical information on M.P. Kazachkov, compiled [after 01/09/1981], Radio Liberty Archive, AS RS.



6. Article by Kazachkov M.P. “No need to argue. Letter from prison" in the newspaper (no data) [after 09/07/1989].

7. Letter from US Senate Senator Wirth Timothy I. dated September 21, 1989 to the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee M.S. Gorbachev. demanding the release of M.P. Kazachkov, in English; translating to Russian language.


13. Article by E. Zakharov “The Case of Mikhail Kazachkov” in the Express Chronicle newspaper No. 37, 1989.


14. Article “Claim from the Gulag” in the newspaper (no data), [1989].


15. Article by Alekseev A. “Masquerade” in the newspaper “Trud” dated December 09, 1989 about the criminal activities of M.P. Kazachkov. - smuggling and espionage.

16. Article “Arguments and facts in the case of Mikhail Kazachkov” and letter from Kazachkova D.A. with a request for help in freeing his son in the Latvian newspaper “Atmoda” No. 56 of December 18, 1989, p. 8.

17. Bulletin “Prisoner's Page” No. 9 for November-December 1989, with an article about M.P. Kazachkov. (pp. 13-20) (attached file).
18. Letter from the chairman of the trade union committee of the Leningrad Institute of Physics and Technology. A.F. Ioffe Volle V.M. and Chairman of the Social and Political Commission Kropotov G.I. dated January 24, 1990 to the Committee on Legislation, Law and Order of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR with a request to study the criminal case of M.P. Kazachkov.


20. Article by V. Kosarev “Once again about the “Mikhail Kazachkov Case” (From essays on the “blank spots” in the history of the Leningrad Phystech),” [1990].








21. Draft speech of an unidentified person at a rally in defense of Kazachkov M.P., [1990].



23. Letter from the Leningrad Memorial Society to the Leningrad Council of People's Deputies with an appeal to achieve a review of the case of M.P. Kazachkov. [after 05/05/1990].


25. Letter from Kazachkov M.P. “I don’t need advice from Lubyanka,” published in the magazine “Youth” No. 11, 1990.

26. Letter to Kazachkov M.P. dated 02/03/1990 to the Chistopol prison, in English.

27. Letter on the letterhead of the magazine “Friendship of Peoples” dated February 14, 1990 to D.A. Kazachkova. about sending the book of the author of the letter for transfer to her son Kazachkov M.P.

29. Draft speech of Meleshchenko S. for May 1, 1990, which mentions Kazachkov M.P.





30. Letter from an unidentified person dated 05/09/1990 to D.A. Kazachkova. in support of her son Kazachkov M.P.

31. Article “Conscience at the Summit” in the newspaper “The New York Times” dated May 18, 1990, which mentions Kazachkov M.P.

33. Appeal from Kazachkov M.P. dated 05/31/1990 to the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of the Leningrad City Council, Yu. Rybakov, with a request to review his case.








34. Draft telegram from the coordinator of the human rights commission of the Memorial society G.B. Lichutin. and member of the Human Rights Commission Zhzhenova to the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the USSR Smolentsev E.A. dated 06/12/1990 on the need to review the case of M.P. Kazachkov.

35. Article by Kosarev V. “Once again about the “Kazachkov case” in the newspaper “Smena” dated 07/07/1990.


36. Article by the press group of the Leningrad KGB department “Truth and lies about the Kazachkov case” outlining the official point of view, in the newspaper “Smena” 08/08/1990.





39. The article “Kazachkov is returning?”, Compiled from letters from readers, a letter from Kazachkov’s mother and an absentee speech by M.P. Kazachkov himself. at the Second International Conference on Human Rights, in the newspaper "Smena" No. 216 (19666) dated 09/20/1990.


40. Fragment of an article in a New York newspaper (no data) dated September 25, 1990 about the case of M.P. Kazachkov.

41. Article by Popov L. “Justice in nine years” in the newspaper “Smena” No. 214 (19691) dated 10/17/1990 about his legal defense of Kazachkov M.P.

42. Article by Kravtsova A. “Mikhail Kazachkov: Fifteen years of loneliness” in the newspaper “Literator” No. 46 (51) dated December 7, 1990, pp. 1 and 8, about a conversation with the released Kazachkov M.N.


43. Article by Gorshkov A. “Kazachkov returned...” in the newspaper “Smena” dated January 23, 1991 about a conversation with the released Kazachkov M.N.

44. Essay by Kazachkov M.P. “Mobius strip” in the magazine “Friendship of Peoples” No. 5, 1991, pp. 234-255 (attached file).
45. Article by Obukhov G. “The end of a fifteen-year term” in the newspaper “New Russian Word” about the fate of Kazachkov M.P.
