Group business of V. Pavlenkov, M. Kapranova, S. Ponomarev, V. Zhiltsov (Gorky University)

In March-April 1970, a trial was held on three graduates of the Gorky State. university M.S. Kapranov, S.M. Ponomarev, V.I. Zhiltsov and history teacher V.K. Pavlenkov were charged under Art. 70 and 72 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (ASA and organizational activities for this purpose). They were accused of distributing samizdat among students, posting anti-Soviet leaflets around the city, statements against the revival of Stalinism and persecution by the authorities for their beliefs, against the introduction of troops into Czechoslovakia, and the creation of the ASA organization. VC. Ponomarev was accused of "leading role" in an attempt to create an organization, in writing theor. works of "anti-Marxist, anti-Soviet content". There were 96 witnesses in the case. Most of them are townspeople who brought to the KGB the leaflets they found, distributed in Gorky on 04/04/1968. The defendants pleaded not guilty. 04/24/1970 Gorky Regional Court sentenced V. Pavlenkov and M. Kapranov to 7 years of l / s in the labor camp of the regime; S. Ponomareva - by 5 years and V. Zhiltsova - by 4 years.