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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tt4x4q No online items Register of the Irina Grivnina papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2017 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Irina Grivnina 2018C13 1 papers Title: Irina Grivnina papers Date (inclusive): 1928-2013 Collection Number: 2018C13 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In Russian, English and Dutch Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes, 11 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders(13.05 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, memoirs, other writings, printed matter, photographs, visual materials, and sound and video recordings relating to civil liberties in the Soviet Union, and especially to misuse of psychiatry for political repression in the Soviet Union. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access Box 23 closed. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2016. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Irina Grivnina papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Biographical Note Irina Grivnina (b. 1945) received her education in electronics and mathematics at the Aeronautics University in Moscow and had worked as a mathematician for eleven years. In 1977 she started participating in the publication of the Samizdat ("self-publishing") magazine revealing psychiatric repression in the Soviet Union. Grivnina was a member of the Moscow Helsinki group. In 1980 she was arrested by the KGB and spent fourteen months in the Lefortovo prison. The court trial resulted in sentencing her to exile in Kazakhstan, where she spent two years. In 1983 Grivnina returned to Moscow and in 1985 she emigrated with her family to the Netherlands. Since then she has lived in Amsterdam, writing and translating for Dutch, American, and Russian newspapers and magazines and for the BBC Russian Service programs. Irina Grivnina is the author of six books published in the Netherlands; two of them were also published in Russian. Scope and Content of Collection The documents in Irina Grivnina papers reflect her participation in the dissident movement, arrest, prison term and internal exile, and fight for emigration. Her archive also documents her work as journalist and writer. The collection is divided into ten series; some of them are described below. The Biographical file consists mostly of Grivnina's trial documents and a number of complaints filed by Grivnina and her husband Vladimir Neplekhovich, in connections with her arrest, imprisonment, and especially exile. (In exile Irina was pregnant, and local KGB authorities insisted that she terminate her pregnancy.) The file also includes personal documents of Vladimir Neplekhovich reflecting complications he encountered at work because of Grivnina's dissident activities and arrest. The Correspondence series contains conventional and electronic mail from Grivnina's family and friends. Attention should be paid to letters from Daniel Jaffe (an American law student/writer/lawyer) who met and befriended Grivnina in Moscow. Their correspondence lasted for twenty years, from 1978 to 1998. Irina Grivnina wrote six novels in Russian; most of them were translated into Dutch and published in the Netherlands. Only one of her novels was published in Russian. Russian language novels and memoirs, mostly unpublished, are included in this collection. As a journalist, Irina Grivnina wrote extensively on political and cultural issues for newspapers and magazines and interviewed many prominent political and cultural figures from various countries for her BBC programs. These materials, as well as her translations, book reviews, lectures, and speeches on various occasions make Speeches and Writings series a valuable research resource. The Writings by Others series includes stage adaptations by famous Russian theater director Mikhail Levitin (typescripts, unpublished); two plays by bard, dissident, and poet Yulii Kim; an essay by Vladimir Bukovskii. In emigration Grivnina continued human rights activities participating in various conferences and congresses as a presenter or accredited journalist. The Congresses and Conferences series includes working materials of such events highlighting Register of the Irina Grivnina 2018C13 2 papers this side of Grivnina's activities. The Subject File consists of personal documents of Grivnina's grandparents including work evaluation and KPSS member assessment of her grandfather, Colonel Pavel Al'tshuller, and Soviet military staff maps of the Stalingrad battle that he collected, and material gathered by Grivnina for a book she planned to write about Andeĭ Saklharov. Photographs and slides in the Visual Materials contain images of famous Soviet and foreign writers, poets, and political figures (Vladimir Voinovich, Semen Lipkin, Inna Lisnianskaia, Venedikt Erofeev, Liudmila Petrushevskaia, Kendzaburō Ōe, Gunter Grass, Pavel Kohout, Václav Havel, and others) and of Soviet human rights activists (Mustafa Dzhemilev, Viacheslav Bakhmin, Vladimir Bukovskii, Aleksandr Podrabinek, and others), as well as photo reports from the Poésie International festival in Rotterdam, Pushkin conference in Bonn, Prague conference of dissidents residing in Russia and abroad, and the Glasnost' and Perstroika Congress. The series also includes photographs depicting Irina and her family in exile and in emigration. The Sound and Video Recordings consist of interviews conducted by Grivnina or interviews of her. While in prison, Grivnina worked hard to stay strong. For that purpose, in violation of prison rules, she knitted a sweater for herself and sewed a night gown out of her husband's shirt. She also treasured a pair of ears created for the Poésie International festival and signed by famous Russian writers and poets. When she emigrated to the Netherlands she was met by people holding textile signs "Irina Grivnina, Workers on Human Rights most welcome" and "Irina Grivnina Released." These items and other memorabilia can be found in the Memorabilia series. Subjects and Indexing Terms Dissenters -- Soviet Union Civil rights -- Soviet Union Psychiatry -- Soviet Union Russians -- Netherlands Related Collection(s) Aleksandr Ginzburg papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives; Vladimir Bukovskii papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives; Valentin Turchin papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives; Yuri Yarim-Agaev papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives; A.S. Esenin-Vol'pin papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Biographical File 1953, 1979-1985, and undated box 1, folder 1 Court trial 1979-1981 General Includes search reports, indictment, sentence, and cassation. Also includes Grivnina's school record, 1953. box 1, folder 2 Appeals, open letters, and complaints filed by Irina Grivnina 1982-1985 and undated Arrangement Statement Arranged chronologically by year. box 1, folder 3-6 Appeals, open letters, and complaints filed by Vladimir Neplekhovich, Grivnina's husband 1979-1985 General Includes some personal documents of Vladimir Neplekhovich. Arrangement Statement Arranged chronologically by year. box 1, folder 7 International campaign in defense of Irina Grivnina 1979-1985 Scope and Contents Invitations sent to Grivnina and her family; appeals and open letters to Soviet authorities and international communities, and other documents. Arrangement Statement Arranged chronologically by year. Register of the Irina Grivnina 2018C13 3 papers Biographical File 1953, 1979-1985, and undated box 23 Correspondence 1979-2001 Access Closed Speeches and Writings 1985-2003 and undated General'skaia doch' circa 1994 General Published in 1994 in Amsterdam and in 2005 in Moscow. box 1, folder 8-11 Drafts undated box 2, folder 1-3 Drafts (cont.) undated box 2, folder 4-5 First version undated box 2, folder 6 Final version undated box 2, folder 7-8 The General's Daughter undated General This is the Russian language novel General'skaia doch' translated into English. "Mertvyi gorod," typescript circa 1992 General Published in 1992 in Amsterdam. box 2, folder 9-12 Drafts with research materials undated box 3, folder 1 Research materials undated box 3, folder 2 "Moskva - mertvyi gorod," typescript circa 1990 General This typescript is a version of a novel "Mertvyi gorod" box 3, folder 3 Final version undated box 3, folder 4 "The Dead Town," typescript undated General Russian language novel "Mertvyi gorod" translated into English. box 3, folder 5-7 "Kto Vy, gospodin Gorbachev: Iznanka 'glasnosti' i 'perestroiki'" undated General Includes research material and cover for the Dutch version of the book ( Wie bent u mijnheer Gorbatsjov? De Keerzijde van perestroika en glasnost) box 3, folder 8-10 "Ulitsa Mandel'shtama," typescript 2003 and undated General Includes plans, notes, drafts, and a final version of the novel. box 4, folder 1-6 "Ulitsa Mandel'shtama," typescript (cont.) 2003 and undated box 4, folder 7 "Pamiati Rossii," typescript undated General Collection of poems. box 4, folder 7 "Svidanie" (The Meeting), typescript undated General In Russian and English. Translated into English by Daniel