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Title: Elena Sannikova papers
Date (inclusive): 1957-2018
Collection Number: 2019C8
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
15 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(7.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs relating to the status of civil liberties and to political
prisoners in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet Russia.
Creator:
Sannikova, Elena
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
[Identification of item], Elena Sannikova Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Elena Sannikova (born 1959), is a Soviet and Russian human rights activist and political writer. In 1981 she participated
in the Initiative Group for Disability Rights, and worked with the Fund to Aid Political Prisoners (Solzhenitsyn Fund). Elena
Sannikova was arrested in 1984 by KGB and charged with anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. She was sentenced to one-year
in prison and four years in internal exile in Siberia. She returned to Moscow in 1987 and continued her human rights activities.
Scope and Contents of Collections
This collection contains diaries, writings, correspondence, reports, legal papers, studies, articles, notes, clippings, printed
matter, and photographs relating to the status of civil liberties and to political prisoners in the Soviet Union and in post-Soviet
Russia.
The collection is organized into seven series: Correspondence, Writings, Subject File, Individual Files, Independent press
publications and "Samizdat," Oversize Material, and Photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Russia (Federation)
Diaries
Personal correspondence
Photographs
Popkov, Viktor, 1946-2001