Inventory of the Arkady Polishchuk papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Arkady Polishchuk papers
Date (inclusive): 1961-2018
Collection Number: 2019C29
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Pentecostal Christians and civil liberties in the Soviet Union.
Creator:
Polishchuk, Arkady
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arkady Polishchuk Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical note
Soviet journalist and dissident; subsequently Radio Liberty editor.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Arkady Polishchuk papers include correspondence, court documents, petitions, printed matter, and photographs related to
Pentecostal Christians and civil liberties in the Soviet Union.
Аrkadii Polishchuk (b. 1935), a journalist and executive editor of
Aziia i Africa Segodnia (Asia and Africa Today) magazine, left his job in 1973 and joined the dissident movement. In 1977, he immigrated to the United
States, where he continued his activities as a human rights activist. He defended rights of Pentecostals in the Soviet Union,
wrote for Western periodicals, and traveled to various countries to give lectures. In 1984, Polishchuk became the editor of
the Russian News Service at Radio Liberty.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- Religion
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
box 1
Personal correspondence
2010
box 1
Writings by Polishchuk
undated
Scope and Contents
Concerning the arrest of Mikhail Shaevich Shtern
box 1
Petition for permission to emigrate from Russian Pentacostals
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes pages of signatures
box 1
Poetry by Nikolai Goretoy
undated
box 1
Accusing conclusions against Grigorii Lavrentyevich Vashchenko and Andrei Adolfovich Miller
1961
box 1
Character testimonials for Tetiana Vasylivna, Nadia Vasylivna, and Nina Vasylivna, photocopies
1975-1978
box 1
Court documents relating to case against V. S. Tkachuk for illegal religious activity
1977
box 1
Court order against Anna Vasil'evna Morozova, photocopy
1978
box 1
Press release on Polishchuk's book
Dancing on Thin Ice
circa 2018
box 1
Life Magazine
1980
Scope and Contents
Includes an article on Russian dissidents
box 2
People, portraits, and holiday photo cards
1963-2011, undated
box 2
Photo album
1975, 1977-1979, 1986, undated
box 2
Pharaoh, Let My People Go! Why do Christians want to emigrate from the Soviet Union?
undated
Scope and Contents
Compiled by Polishchuk
box 2
Dancing on Thin Ice, galley copy
2018
