Obukhov German Viktorovich
Engineer
Born in 1949 in Chelyabinsk. In 1966 he graduated from high school in Minsk, in 1975 - from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin). He received a diploma in radio design engineering. He served in the Soviet Army. He worked as an engineer in Leningrad. He became interested in history and philosophy. He wrote the book "The Faded Dawn", met with foreign correspondents, American and French publishers. Arrested on September 3, 1981. He was charged under Article 70 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. According to the verdict of the Leningrad City Court of November 27, 1981, he was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony and 2 years of exile. He was held in VS-389/37 and VS-389/35. He served his sentence of exile in the village of Ayan (Khabarovsk Krai) from September 1985 to August 1987. In 1987, he returned to Leningrad. Unsuccessfully tried to obtain a residence permit in Leningrad. Illegally sent manuscripts to London. In 1988, he left for London at the invitation of Amnesty International. He moved to the United States, where he received political asylum. He worked at Yale University in his main specialty. He published short stories, journalistic articles, books, and film scripts. He was rehabilitated on April 27, 1992. In 1998, he returned to Russia, and his Russian citizenship was restored. He lives "in two countries". On March 14, 2025, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included him in the register of "foreign agents".
Cases (2)
Documents (41)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 10 / Case Документы следственного дела по обвинению Обухова Германа Викторовича, 1981 г.
1. Cover of the first of five volumes of criminal case No. 70 (archive No. 51833) on charges against G.V. Obukhov. in committing a crime under Art. 70 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, started on September 3, 1981 and ended on October 26, 1981.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Альбрехт Владимир Янович
1. Article by Liese J. “Fighting for amnesty” in “The Journal” and “Boston Globe” for June 21, 1990. about V. Albrecht and G. Obukhov, in English.

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2. Article “Fighting for Amnesty” dedicated to Obukhov G.V. and Albrecht V.Ya., published on June 21, 1990 in “The Journal” and “Boston Globe”.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 10 / Case Документы следственного дела по обвинению Обухова Германа Викторовича, 1981 г.
3. Explanatory note given by Obukhov G.V. Art. to police lieutenant Borodin 09/03/1981.

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3. The article “Don’t pretend to be a Decembrist”, dedicated to Irina Akulova, wife of G.V. Obukhov, published in the newspaper “Leningradsky Rabochiy” dated 09/07/1990.

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4. Article by Usova L. “Decembrist from the era of stagnation”, about Akulova I.A. and Obukhov G.V., published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta, b. d.

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5. Photo by Obukhov G.V., February 1992


Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 10 / Case Документы следственного дела по обвинению Обухова Германа Викторовича, 1981 г.
6. Resolution dated September 3, 1981 to initiate a criminal case against G.V. Obukhov. according to Art. 70 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.


Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Чурганов Анатолий Петрович
6. Article by A.P. Churganov “An open letter to spiteful critics”, published in the newspaper “Leningradskaya Pravda”, 08/15/1990.

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7. Article by Obukhov G.V. “Russian Field of Yawning Capitalism”, published in the newspaper (no data) No. 115 (20797) dated 06/22/1994.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Чурганов Анатолий Петрович
7. Questionnaire for the program "Social movements of the 1950s-80s." National Research Center "Memorial", filled in by A.P. Churganov; letter from Churganov A.P. to the National Research Center "Memorial"; newspaper clipping with an Index to the main materials of the Journalist magazine for 1987, 09/25/1990; envelope (mail 28.08.1990/01.09.1990).



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8. Notes “A former Russian asks for the floor” and “Times of filibusters”, dedicated to G.V. Obukhov, “St. Petersburg Vedomosti”, 06/12/1994.

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9. Article by Obukhov G.V. “Dinner for two as “generous” compensation for a year of high security”, published in the newspaper (no data), No. 140-141 (20822-20823) dated 07/20/1994.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 10 / Case Документы следственного дела по обвинению Обухова Германа Викторовича, 1981 г.
9. Protocol of interrogation of suspect G.V. Obukhov Art. investigator of the investigative department of the Criminal Investigation Department for the Leningrad Region, Major A.P. Tsygankov. 09/07/1981.




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10. Answer from Deputy Chairman of the St. Petersburg Housing Committee P.A. Grigoriev No. 6646 dated October 12, 1994 on the appeal of the acting Head of the Petrogradsky District of St. Petersburg Tverdokhlebov A.S. No. 537-94 of September 18, 1994 on the impossibility of recognizing G.V. Obukhov. victim of political repression.

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12. Article by Obukhov G.V. “We continue economic education”, “Nevskoe Vremya”, 09/26/1998

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Чурганов Анатолий Петрович
12. The article "How much is a person on the market?" about A.P. Churganov, published in the newspaper "Leningradsky Rabochiy", 02.11.1990.

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13. Article by Obukhov G.V. “Where the pendulum will swing”, “Nevskoe Vremya”, 10.10.1998.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Миркин Борис Савельевич
13. Article by Mikhailov V. “An ordinary history of an ordinary contemporary” in the newspaper “Krasnovyborzhets” No. 16 of 05/17/1990, p. 4, about the fate of B.S. Mirkin. and about the people he met in prison.

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14. Article by Obukhov G.V. “Who is the state?”, “Nevskoe Vremya”, 11.11.1998

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15. Article by Obukhov G.V. “Capitalism without capital of the future?”, “Nevskoe Vremya”, 05.12.1998

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15. Protocol of interrogation of witness Obukhov V.I. in the case of Obukhov G.V., 09.1981.






Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Миркин Борис Савельевич
15. Article by Mirkin B.S. "Treatise on denunciation. Reflections of a former political prisoner" in the newspaper "Krasnovyborzhets" No. 33 dated 10/25/1990.

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16. Note “Politicians were respected in the zone”, dedicated to the presentation of the book by G.V. Obukhov. “Confiscated letters”, “Smena”, 01/29/1999

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17. Note “Hero of “your” time”, “Evening Petersburg” 02/13/1999

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 10 / Case Документы следственного дела по обвинению Обухова Германа Викторовича, 1981 г.
17. Photos of materials seized during the search of G.V. Obukhov’s apartment. – scans of the “Red Arrow Express” postcard and business cards, including “Huening investment corporation''.


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18. Article by Bogdanova M. “Intolerance to the System”, dedicated to the book by Obukhov G.V. “Confiscated letters”, “Express Chronicle”, 02.15.1998.

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19. Article by Obukhov G.V. “The end of a fifteen-year term”, “New Russian Word”.

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19. Reply Deputy Head of the Investigation Department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Leningrad Region Khabarov S.A. No. 2-1/04702 dated October 1981 at the request of the deputy. Head of the Investigative Department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Leningrad Region, Lieutenant Colonel V.N. Ryabchuk. No. 3/01508 dated 09/30/1981.

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20. Article by Obukhov G.V. “At a meeting of former political prisoners in Leningrad,” in the newspaper “New Russian Word,” undated.
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21. Article “Freed Herman's tears of joy”, dedicated to Obukhov G.V.

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22. Invitation to the press conference December 21, 2005 “Central Election Commission of United Russia against orphans and disabled children.”

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23. Fragments of poems signed “A.S.” (Anton Svyatogorov - pseudonym of Obukhov G.V.)



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24. Book by Obukhov G.V. under the pseudonym Anton Svyatogorov “Faded Dawn” (pages 61-80 are missing).

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26. Report about Obukhov G.V. “For information and action: New developments in the activities of KGB agents.” Archive of “Radio Liberty” [AS No. 4796] and note No. 3.86-20.01.1986 about the promise of Obukhov G.V. share information with KGB officers. AC [No. 5590];

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Миркин Борис Савельевич
26. A fragment of German Obukhov’s memoirs “Confiscated Letters”, published in the magazine “Zvezda” No. 6, 1995, p. 40-41, about the meeting in the pre-trial detention center with B.S. Mirkin. and about conversations with him.


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27. A copy of G.V. Obukhov’s statement. addressed to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR A.A. Gromyko. from 07.10.? about renouncing Soviet citizenship.

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36. An open letter from former political prisoners to A.I. Solzhenitsyn on the occasion of his 85th birthday, [before 12/11/2003], published in the newspaper (no data), among the signatories is B.S. Mirkin.

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40. Layout of the book by Mirkin B.S. “I have an answer...”, second edition, revised and expanded, Memorial Research Center, St. Petersburg, 2005, with corrections. (attached file)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Казачков Михаил Петрович
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.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Солженицын Александр Исаевич
162. An open letter from former political prisoners to A.I. Solzhenitsyn on the occasion of his 85th birthday, published in the newspaper “New Petersburg” dated December 11, 2003.
