Group business "Tomsk business"

The investigation began in 1981 after a denunciation of V.M. Kendel his ex. wife Plyusnina, who informed the KGB of the list of samizdat and tamizdat he had, as well as his circle of acquaintances. In 1981, Kendel and S. Bozhko's houses were searched ("Greenhouse business"). In February-March 1982, the keepers and distributors of samizdat, V.M., were arrested in Tomsk. Kendel, A.F. Kovalevsky, V.V. Artsimovich, A.A. Chernyshov. Mass searches on 02/01/1982 were carried out in the Tomsk, Omsk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory (operation "Civil Defense"). Searches were at E.L. Baum, V.T. Volobuev, E. Stepanova, N. Kashcheeva, S. Bozhko, N. Kartashov, E. Stepanova, N. Serebryannikov, the sons of A.F. Kovalevsky. Many participants of the Integrated Samoediat were interrogated. research expeditions. problems of the Tunguska meteorite (CSE, has been operating since 1958), incl. its creator prof. G.F. Plekhanov. In the Tomsk case, Yu. Kozhevnikov (Moscow region), V.E. Schnittke (Leningrad), Ts. Tanengolts (Moscow). Teachers of the Tomsk state. Universities (Fast V.G., Novikov G., Volobuev V.) were asked to resign of their own free will. 08/10/1982 Artsimovich was declared insane ("schizophrenia, philosophical intoxication") and sentenced to forced labor. treatment in St. Petersburg. In Sept. 1982 Chernyshov was charged under Art. 190, art. 162 part 2, art. 218 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, sentenced to 3.5 years of penitentiary with conf. Kendel and Kovalevsky repented, were convicted under Art. 190 and sentenced to 1.5 years in prison each.