Group business of the youth organization "Young Russia"

The underground youth anti-communist group "Young Russia" was created in 1955 in Leningrad on the initiative of Yuri Leonidovich Levin, a mechanic by profession. The group included two students - Evgeny Petrovich Diveev and Valentin Ivanovich Khochenkov. The activity of the group began in the autumn of 1955 after Levin sent a letter to Frankfurt am Main through English sailors and established contact with the foreign NTS. The group sent letters to the editorial offices of newspapers and publishing houses criticizing the government of the USSR, protesting against disinformation in the Soviet press and jamming of foreign radio stations. The leaflets indicated that they were being distributed by friends of the NTS. By May 1, 1956, a leaflet was prepared demanding "truly democratic elections", the return of historical names to cities; it was said that "Leninism is the same as Stalinism," etc. Levin photocopied leaflets and scattered them in mailboxes. In November 1956, Levin distributed leaflets throughout the city protesting Soviet aggression in Hungary. Of the 110 leaflets, 19 were handed over to the KGB. Contacts between "Young Russia" and the foreign NTS continued until the end of 1956. The NTS was preparing to send an illegal parcel of literature to Leningrad, but this plan was not carried out. In December 1956, members of the group were arrested and sentenced to various terms of 58-10 hours 1, 58-11: Levin - for 8 years, Diveev - for 4 years, Khochenkov - for 3 years.