Timofeev Lev Mikhailovich
Journalist, writer, literary critic, political prisoner in 1985-1987.
Genus. in 1936 in Leningrad; Russian; Higher education - graduated from the Moscow Institute of Foreign Trade in 1958; economist, journalist. Lived in Moscow. Member of the professional committee of writers at the publishing house “Soviet Writer”. In 1978-1980 worked in the magazine “In the World of Books”. He lived for a long time in a village in the Ryazan region and, based on observations of the life of peasants, wrote a number of socio-economic works that were distributed in samizdat. T.'s articles and books were the first samizdat works that explored the role of the black market as one of the foundations of the real economy of the USSR. Timofeev’s works “Black market technology or the peasant art of starvation”, “The last hope to survive. Reflections on Soviet reality”, “Trap”, were widely distributed in Samizdat and served as the basis for his arrest and conviction. Arrested on March 19, 1985. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on September 19, 1985 under Article 70, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 6 years in a penal colony and 5 years in exile. He served his sentence in the Perm camps. He took part in human rights actions of prisoners: he wrote and signed protest statements, letters and appeals, participated in protest strikes and hunger strikes; as punishment, he was deprived of visits and placed in a punishment cell. By decree of the PVS of the USSR dated February 2, 1987, he was pardoned. After his release, he was one of the initiators of the publication of the Glasnost magazine, and created, together with L.I. Bogoraz, S.A. Kovalev and S.I. Grigoryants press club of the same name, in December 1987-1990. - editor of the independent magazine Referendum, which he founded. In 1990-1991 was the coordinator of the restored Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), a member of the Executive Committee of the International Helsinki Federation. In 1992-1996. - columnist for the newspaper “Russian Thought”, in 1993-1996. - head of its Moscow representative office. In 1999 - 2013 - Director of the Center for the Study of Illegal Economic Activities at the Russian State University for the Humanities. Author of the memoir "I am a particularly dangerous criminal."
Cases (1)
Documents (32)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Тимофеев Лев Михайлович
1. L. Timofeev “I am a particularly dangerous criminal”, documentary story, published in the magazine “Youth”, No. 8, 1990. (attached file)
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2. Article by Timofeev L.M. "What is our life? A game?", published in the newspaper "Moscow News", No. 49, 1991.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Вагнер Николай Петрович
2. Memoirs of Zadneprovskaya T.N. about the arrest of Wagner's father N.P. (attached file)
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Кириченко Сергей Владимирович
2. Article by Remnik D. “A Soviet Returns From the Gulag” (“Soviet man returns from the Gulag”) in the Washington Post newspaper dated July 18, 1989.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Погорилый Валентин Петрович
2. Interview with Pogorily V.P., taken by Chuikina S.A. 11/17/1991.
33 sheets of typescript
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Коробань Андрей Михайлович
3. Letter from Koroban A.M. in “Memorial” dated October 28, 1991. with gratitude for the invitation to the Meeting of Political Prisoners on December 7-8, 1991. in Leningrad, with a request to give him the floor at the plenary session of the Meeting; envelope (mail 28.10.1991/31.10.1991).






Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Данилов Владимир Владимирович
3. Address of the Moscow Group for Assistance to the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements “To the Public of the Country” dated May 30, 1991. demanding the release of V. Novodvorskaya and V. Danilov.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Тимофеев Лев Михайлович
3. Article by Mitrokhin N. “Before and after the “Referendum”” in the magazine “Panorama” No. 4 (34) for August 1992, containing an interview with Timofeev L.M. and his biographical information.


Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Фрейманис Гунар Эрнестович
4. Letter from G.E. Freimanis dated 08/15/1990 to the Memorial Society, with photocopies of three release certificates attached.


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4. Article by Timofeev L.M. “National Communists are reviving the ideology of hatred”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, 04/20/1993.

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5. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Apparatus against capital”, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 111, 06/16/1993.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Черновол (Черновил, Чорновил) Вячеслав Максимович
5. Article by Y. Orlik “Vyacheslav Chornovil: yesterday a dissident, tomorrow a president?”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, No. 212, November 5, 1993.

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6. Article by Timofeev L.M. “The last sin of the intelligentsia”, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 207, 10/29/1993.

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7. Article by Timofeev L.M. “On the principle of “warm-cold” in politics”, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 241, 12/16/1993. [no ending]

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Григоренко Петр Григорьевич
7. Article by Polyanovsky Ed. “Rebel General” in the newspaper “Izvestia” No. 59 of 03/30/1994, No. 60 of 03/31/1994, No. 61 of 04/01/1991. about the fate of Grigorenko P.G.




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8. Article by Danilova E. “Precedent from the Chernykhs”, published in the newspaper “Moscow News”, No. 23, 1993.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Черных Борис Иванович
9. Article by Danilova E. “Precedent” from Chernykh,” published in the newspaper “Moscow News” No. 23 dated June 6, 1993, about the release of the collection of stories by B.I. Chernykh “Ozimi”.

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9. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Shadow Privatization”, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 90, 05/14/1994.

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10. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Plowing the land is more dangerous than stealing,” published in the newspaper Izvestia, No. 159, 08/25/1995.

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11. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Heirs of the KGB in the “case of Alina Vitukhnovskaya””, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 169, 09/08/1995.


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12. Article by Timofeev L.M. “On the Eve”, published in the newspaper “Russian Thought”, No. 4094, 09.28-04.10.1995.

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13. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Everything Russian is sad”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, No. 206, 10/31/1995.

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14. Article by Timofeev L.M. “There is no such party - and there is no need”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, 12/22/1995.

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15. Feedback from Kovalenko V. on the article by Timofeev L.M. “There is no such party - and there is no need”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, 01/18/1996.

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16. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Shall we hand over the country to the communists?”, published in the newspaper Izvestia, No. 15, 01/25/1996.

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17. Article by Timofeev L.M. “On the intellectual desire for death”, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 91, 05/18/1996.

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18. Article by Timofeev L.M. “Naive formula for victory”, published in the newspaper “Izvestia”, No. 147, 08/09/1996.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Новодворская Валерия Ильинична
42. Editorial article “The case of the enemy of the people (Russian) Valeria Novodvorskaya. Report from the past. Or maybe from the future" in Literaturnaya Gazeta No. 44 (5626) dated October 30, 1996 about the trial on charges of V.I. Novodvorskaya.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Сновский Александр Альбертович
44. Photograph of members of the presidium of the first meeting of the Founding Conference of the Memorial Society on 29.01.1989, from left to right: Neizvestny E.I., Karyakin Yu.F., Sakharov A.D., Timofeev L.M., Afanasyev Yu.N., Yevtushenko E.A., Shatrov M.F., Snovsky A.A., unknown.

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Сахаров Андрей Дмитриевич
57. Article by Nikishin A. “Funeral of Academician A.D. Sakharov” in the magazine “Znamya” No. 5, 1989, pp. 178-188.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Сахаров Андрей Дмитриевич
64. Article by Burtin Yu. “The Great Russian Intellectual”; article by Gefter M. Ya. “The curtain has risen”; article by Timofeev L.M. “With anxiety and hope”, dedicated to the memory of A.D. Sakharov; Nobel lecture by Sakharov A.D.; open letter from Sakharov A.D. Brezhnev L.I., UN Secretary General and heads of state - permanent members of the Security Council dated July 27, 1980 against the war in Afghanistan, published in the magazine “New World” No. 1 for 1990, pp. 3-16.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ковалев Сергей Адамович
75. Article “Kovalev Sergey Adamovich. A short biography of the ombudsman – retired and always potential”, published on the website “Polit.ru” on February 24, 2004.



