Kovalev Ivan Sergeevich
Human rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group
Born November 8, 1954, in Kaliningrad (modern-day Korolev), Mytishchi District, Moscow Region. Russian. Higher education. Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers in 1977. Power engineer. Lived in Moscow. From October 1979 to August 1981, he was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group; he signed about 100 documents of the group and collected information on the situation of dissidents in the country, which was published in the documents of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Arrested August 25, 1981. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on April 2, 1982 under Article 70, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 5 years in a penal colony and 5 years in exile. He served his term in the Perm camps and his exile in the Kostroma Region. He was released on March 16, 1987 by pardon. The following month he emigrated with his wife to the United States. He lives in New York.
"Московская Хельсинкская Группа"
Cases (1)
Documents (13)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Лавут Александр Павлович
1. Letter to the head of the 5th department. KGB of the Lithuanian SSR Baltinas E.V. from the head of the 9th department. Exercise 5 KGB of Moscow Shadrina V.P. from No. 5/9-1283 from?.11.1978. with a request to inform about the intentions of Lithuanians conducting anti-Soviet activities to come to Moscow to A.P. Lavut. and Kovalev I.S.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ковалев Иван Сергеевич
1. Article by Kovalev I.S. “Sixty-fourth”, published in the newspaper “Country and World” No. 7, 1984.










Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Кандыба Иван Алексеевич
1. Article “Ivan Kandyba was arrested in Ukraine” dated 04/06/1981 (document No. 163) in AS No. 4295.



Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ковалев Сергей Адамович
1. Statement by A.D. Sakharov from 12/28/1974 in defense of the arrested S.A. Kovalev and letter 174 “In defense of Sergei Kovalev”, written after the sentencing of Kovalev on 12/12/1975.



Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Зотов Михаил Васильевич
3. Article by members of the Moscow Helsinki Group Bonner E., Kalistratova S., Kovalev I, Meiman N. “The trial of Mikhail Zotov” dated 08.08.1981, document No. 177, AS No. 1541.



Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Смирнов Алексей Олегович
4. Article-biography of Smirnov A.O. “Human rights activists go to the Center”, published in the newspaper “... Oe Vremya” (possibly “Atmoda”) No. 34 (1991).

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Репин Валерий Тимофеевич
12. Interview with Repin V.T., taken by Kosinova T.F. 06/07/1991 and continued on 07/23/1991. (attached file)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ермаков Георгий Иванович
19. Article by Sidorovsky L. “Dissident. Several pages from the life of Georgy Ivanovich Ermakov, who “undermined Soviet power” in the newspaper “Smena” 3274-275 (20024-20025) for November 27, 1991 about a conversation with G.I. Ermakov.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Мельников (Белоусов) Леонид Иванович
22. Letter from Shatravka V.P. dated 06.10.1987 (?) Melnikov L.I. about waiting for a call from his son in the USA and about the health problems of his youngest son Mikhail.




Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Пестов Виктор Георгиевич
22. Article “Will they throw bombs at governors in the 21st century?”, dedicated to the dissident movement in the Urals, “Regional newspaper” No. 78 (481) 07/28/1995
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Мельников (Белоусов) Леонид Иванович
30. Letter from Shatravka V.P. dated March 19, 1988 to Melnikov L.I. about his son’s life in the USA, about his efforts to move to him and about his repressed father.


Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ковалев Сергей Адамович
35. Article by Albats E. “Alien” in the newspaper “Izvestia” No. 159 dated 08/25/1995. about Kovalev S.A.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ковалев Сергей Адамович
77. Biography of Kovalev S.A., compiled after September 1978.





