12198450Leonid Plyushch papers12198450Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-19 18:15:14 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Leonid Plyushch papers Plyushch, Leonid, 1939-2015 12198450 BA#0551 Ukrainian , French , Russian . 8.5 linear feet 16 manuscript boxes, 1 tall manuscript box 1970-2015 This collection consists of books, correspondence, documents, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs and printed material. The papers document the life and work of Leonid Plyushch (1939-2015), a Ukrainian political activist and mathematician, a member of the Initiative Group for Human Rights in the USSR and a victim of Soviet punitive psychiatry. Restrictions on Access

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 Summary

Collection contains correspondence, printed and research materials, and writings of Leonid Plyushch (1939-2015), a leading Ukrainian political dissident in the Soviet era. He was a double annoyance to the Kremlin resisting their control over Ukraine and insisting on its sovereignty and cultural separateness from Russia. The collection also contains writings by contemporary Ukrainian authors, photographs, clippings of Leonid Plyushch articles in western and émigré newspapers, and posters. The date span of the collection is 1970s-2015. In addition to several boxes of subject files which reflect Leonid Plyushch political and literary activities, his papers contain his wife Tetiana Plyushch and his international supporters' efforts to save his life while he was imprisoned in one of the Soviet psychiatric hospitals. The Radio Liberty scripts also constitute a significant part of Leonid Plyushch papers and help to research his activities during the years of his French exile.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leonid Plyushch Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

2016.2017.M056: Method of acquisition--Purchase from Tetiana Plyushch; Date of acquisition--2017.

 Biographical / Historical

Leonid Plyushch was born on April 26, 1939 into a working class family in Kirghyzstan (U.S.S.R.). His father was killed in action during World War II. In 1959, Leonid Plyushch graduated from High school and was accepted to the Department of Mathematics of Odessa State University. After graduating, he worked as a village teacher and then as an engineer-mathematician (1962-1968) at the Institute of Cybernetics of the Ukrainian Academy of Science. He took an active role in the Ukrainian national and democratic movement of Shestidesiatniki (Sixties activists) and played a role as a link between Ukrainian and Moscow Human rights activists. In 1968, Leonid Plyushch was fired from his job for condemning Moscow authorities for arresting and trial of Alexander Ginzburg. On January 15, 1972, Leonid Plyushch was arrested and charged for anti-Soviet activities. In July 1973, he was sent for a forced treatment at the Dnepropetrovsk Special Psychiatric Hospital with the diagnosis of "sluggish schizophrenia". He was held there until January 1976. He was forced to leave the Soviet Union against his will and the rest of his life spent in France. He died there on June 4, 2015.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged in seven series.

 Accruals

Additions are expected.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Marlow Davis (GSAS) and Tanya Chebotarev.

 Human rights -- Ukraine Intellectuals -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century Persecution -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century Soviet Union -- Politics and government Political prisoners -- Soviet Union Boluch, Miroslav Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996 Sherekh, I͡Uriĭ Shevelʹov, I︠U︡riĭ Stus, Vasylʹ, 1938-1985 Radio Liberty Thorne, Ludmilla Khvylʹovyĭ, Mykola, 1893-1933 Barka, Vasylʹ Struk, Danylo Husar, 1940-1999 Suslensʹkyĭ, I︠A︡kiv, 1929-2009 Svitlychna, Nadii︠a︡ Marynovych, Myroslav, 1949- Mstyslav, Patriarch of Kyïv and All Ukraine, 1898-1993 Gluzman, Semen (Semen Fishelevich) Kostiuk, Hryhory, 1902-2002 Luckyj, George S. N., 1919-2001 Shumuk, Danylo, 1914-2004 Amnesty International Committee for the Defense of Soviet Political Prisoners Council of Europe Ukraïnsʹka holovna vyzvolʹna rada Obshchestvennai︠a︡ gruppa sodeĭstvii︠a︡ vypolnenii︠u︡ Khelʹsinkskikh soglasheniĭ v SSSR Grigorenko, P. G. (Petr Grigorʹevich), 1907-1987 Series I: CorrespondenceSubseries I.1: Cataloged CorrespondenceMitterrand, Francois1978 Nov 161Plyushch, Leonid and Tatiana1Scope and Contents

copies

Shevelov, Yuriy, with L. Pluyshch replies1979 May 5-1996 Apr 241Scope and Contents

4 folders

Skrypnyk, Mstyslav, with L. Pluyshch replies1976 Mar 2 – 1984 Aug 101Thorne, Liudmila1979 Jun 61Subseries I.2: Arranged CorrespondenceA1970s-1980s1B1990s1Bojczuk, Volodymyr1987-19951Scope and Contents

with related clippings

Boluch, Myroslav1976-19781Boo-Bu1970s1C1970s-1980s1Christina A.1980-19851D1970s-1980s1E1980s1F, G1970s-1980s1Gluzman, Semen to various people1970s1H1970s-1980s1I, J1970s-1980s1Scope and Contents

with related clippings

Ka1970s-1980s1Kaganskaia, Maia1980s1Scope and Contents

with related correspondence

Ke, Ku1970s-1980s1Komarov, Nina and Victor1970s2Kor – Kosh1970s-1990s2Kostiuk, Hryhorii, with L. Pluyshch replies1970s2Kotsiubyns'ka, Mikhailina1989-20092Scope and Contents

with related materials

Kov – Kuz1970s-1980s2Ksendziuk, Oleksii1990s2L1980s-1990s2Levin, Arkadii and Tamara with L. Plyushch reply2Levin, Michael (Milev), with L. Plyushch reply1980s2Lew – Lur1970s-1990s2Luckyj, Yuriy1970s-1980s2Ma1970s-1980s2Makrinskaia, Galina and Pavel1980s2Me – Mo1980s-1990s2Mu – My1970s2N1970s-1980s2000s2O1970s-1990s2Pa1970s-1980s2Pe – Pn1980s-1980s2Po – Pz1980s-1990s2Ra –Re1970s-1980s2Revuts'kyi, V.1980s2Rg – Rz1970s-1980s2Sa – Sha1970s-1990s2Shkandryi, Myroslav and Olesia1970s-1980s3Si – Sho1970s-1980s3Shumuk, Danylo and Ivan1970s-1980s3Stekh, Marko1980s-2000s3Sto – Sz1970s3T, V1970s-1990s3W, X1970s-1990s3Y1970s-1980s3Z1970s-1990s3Unidentified to Leonid Plyushch1976-19883Unidentified to Leonid Plyushch1989-20023Leonid Plyushch to Unidentified3Leonid Plyushch to Unidentified1970s- 1990s3Incomplete letters from Leonid Plyushch3Letters from the concentration camps1970s3Series II: Professional ActivitiesScope and Contents

This series contains Leonid Plyushch contracts with publishers, financial statements, interviews, lectures, open letters and speeches at various congresses and conferences.

Subseries II.1: Correspondence with OrganizationsAmnesty International1970s3Antonovich Foundation (with related items)19761987-19883Committee for the defense of Soviet political prisoners1976-19773Conseil de l'Europe1970s3A – Cah1970s-1990s3Cen – Coo1970s3D, G1980s-1990s3H, K1970s3Scope and Contents

with related materials

L – M1970s-1990s4Scope and Contents

with related materials

N – R1970s-1990s4Plyushch, Leonid to Committee of the Kovalevs Fund1983 Feb 184Edition du Seuil1970s-1990s4S – T1970s-1990s4U – Z1970s-1990s4Ukrainian organizations1970s-1990s4University of Alberta1970s-1980s4Subseries II.2: Professional ActivitiesAppeals1970s-2000s4Appeal to Belgrade conference19774Business cards4Congress of Intellectuals4Contracts with publishers1980s-1990s4Financial statements1980s-19904Film and books agreements1980s-1990s5Interviews and lectures, CDs1990s-2000s5Interviews, lectures, reports, with related materials1980s-1990s5Invitations, programs1970s-1980s5Libertes at limites de l'Homme19905Open letter by Natalia Gorbanevskaia, holograph copy5Open letter addressed to O. Volovik, copy of typescript5Open letter from Ivan Dziuba and Leonid Plyushch response19765Open letter to Leonid Plyushch from N. Lornovich5Open letter to Leonid Pluyshch from Tatiana Khodarovich, Leonid Plyushch response and related materials19765Open letters to various persons1976-19915Speeches1970s5Speech addressed to the English Nurses' Union5Speech at the International Congress of psychologists5Speech at the Italian Radical Party Meeting19895Scope and Contents

with related material

Speech at St. Claude19955Series III: Printed MaterialScope and Contents

Clippings, posters, reprints and weekly chronicle on Ukraine human rights

Articles by Leonid Plyushch, Famine in Ukraine5Amalrik, Andrei, Raspoutine with preface by Leonid Plyushch5Clippings on Leonid Plyushch1970s5Scope and Contents

10 folders

Clippings on Leonid Plyushch, and reviews on History's Carnival1977-19806Clippings and reprints with Leonid Plyushch notes1980s-1990s6Clippings and interviews of Leonid Plyushch1970s7Scope and Contents

in various languages

Clippings and interviews of Leonid Plyushch1970s-1980s7Scope and Contents

3 folders. in various languages

Clippings on Psychiatry in the U.S.S.R.1970s7Posters7Reprints7Reprints with inscriptions1970s1990s7Reprints of Leonid Plyushch articles1970s7Reprint of Protiv tsivilizatsii by Evgenii Poletaev and Nikolai Punin, Petersburg19187Solovetska muza by V. Muraviov, poems and songs by incarcerated19927Special Leonid Plyushch pamphlet1970s7Ukrainian National Army in France Bulletin19857Weekly Chronicle of Ukraine human rights1980s7Series IV: Subject FilesScope and Contents

Series consists of appeals, correspondence, clippings and writings on various subjects and individuals including many attempts to save Leonid Plyushch from the Soviet authorities vengeance.

Subseries IV.1: An attempt to save Leonid PlyushchAppeals, bulletins1970s8Appeals, bulletins1970s8Clippings1970s8Correspondence1970s-1980s8International Committee of Mathematicians1970s8Response from the Soviet authorities1970s8Tetiana Plyushch appeals and notes1970s8Tetiana Plyushch appeals and notes1970s8Subseries IV.2: Barka, Vasyl8Clippings in French and Ukrainian1990s8Correspondence1970s8Correspondence1980s-1990s8Scope and Contents

with related materials

Plans for a book on Vasyl Barka by Leonid Plyushch8Translation of Revelations by Vasyl Barka9Skorbotna podorozh (in Ukrainian), copy of proofs, 12 pages9Zhovtyi Kniaz', novel, copy of typed manuscript, pages 19-1619Zhovtyi Kniaz', novel, copy of typed manuscript, pages 162-2699Zhovtyi Kniaz', novel, copy of typed manuscript, pages 270-3729Zhovtyi Kniaz', novel, copy of typed manuscript, pages 373-4679Varia9Subseries IV.3: Subject filesConference on dissidents and democracy19969Dupuis, Olivier - appeals, clippings19869Game theory – brochures, reprints2000s9Helsinki group materials – appeals, articles, Samizdat issues1970s-1990s9Helsinki group materials – clippings, open letters, press releases, protests1970s9Helsinki group materials – Ukrains'ka holovna vyzvol'na rada1970s-1980s9Holodomor – drafts of articles20039Holodomor – clippings, correspondence, Ukrainian Famine Research Committee materials1980s-199320039Iz Malorossii v Ukrainu1990s10Khvyliovyi, Mykola – correspondence with his daughter1990s10Khvyliovyi, Mykola – drafts of Yoho tayemnytsva by Leonid Plyushch10Khvyliovyi, Mykola - drafts of Yoho tayemnytsya by Leonid Plyushch, copy of typescript10Khvyliovyi, Mykola – presentation on Khvylovy and Dostoyevskii, abstracts, copy of typescript10Hryhorenko, Petro – articles, brochures, clippings1970s10Hryhorenko, Petro – articles, clippings1970s10Marynovych, Myroslav – correspondence, articles1980s-1990s11Moretti, Raymond – correspondence, photos, promotional materials1980s-1990s11Plyushch, Leonid – Kyiv-Mohyla academy, correspondence, lectures, syllabi200811Plyushch, Leonid - press-conference in New York, appeal197611Plyushch, Leonid – Response to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with related materials1970s11Plyushch, Leonid – The Telepinu Myth Reconsidered, correspondence, drafts11Struk, Danylo and Oksana - correspondence, related materials1970s-1990s11Stus, Vasyl' – analysis of his poetry by L. Plyushch11Scope and Contents

6 folders

Stus, Vasyl' – analysis of his poetry by M. Kotsyubyns'ka12Stus, Vasyl' – biographical information, letter from Stus' wife regarding his health condition12Stus, Vasyl' – letters to his family, copies1970s-1980s12Stus, Vasyl' – Palimpsesty, copy of galley proofs with editor's corrections198612Scope and Contents

2 folders

Stus, Vasyl' – print by L. Lobodai198812Stus, Vasyl' – Vbivstvo poeta by Leonid Plyushch, copy of typescript, 15 pages12Sulyma, Mykola – correspondence, related materials1990s12Surovtseva, Nadezhda – correspondence, clippings, photos, related materials1970s-1980s12Surovtseva, Nadezhda – memoirs, copy of typescript, 270 pages13Suslens'кyi, Iakiv – correspondence, articles, programs, resolutions, statues1970s-1990s13Svitlychna, Nadiia – correspondence, related materials1970s-1980s13Series V: Writings by Leonid PlyushchScope and Contents

Typescripts and photocopies of typescripts for books, articles and lectures by Leonid Plyushch. Often with manuscript edits and notes by the author.

Articles from various years13Scope and Contents

3 folders

Articles1980s-1990s13Apolohiia zastoiu, copy of typescript with author's corrections, 28 pages13Babusia, copy of typescript with author's corrections, 8 pages13Drafts of various texts14Scope and Contents

3 folders

Excerpts from various texts, incomplete14Mistse poeta v ukraiins'kii literaturi, typed and holograph manuscripts, 22 pages14Nasledniki Stalina, typed manuscript with author's corrections and related materials14Notes on Daniil Kharms14Notes on Osip Mandelshtam14Notes and outlines for a philosophy book14Notes and materials on M. Prishvin and Antoine de Saint-Exupery14Radio Liberty scripts15Scope and Contents

6 folders

Seriozhka Napoleon, draft typescript with holograph corrections15Seriozhka Napoleon, clippings and research materials on Eisenstein for the book15Seriozhka Napoleon, typescript with related correspondence, 98 pages1980s15Taras Shevchenko, corrections and inserts16Zametki na poliakh Mastera Gambsa i Margarity, typescript, 43 pages16Zapiski na chernykh manzhetakh, typescript, pages 1-19916Zapiski na chernykh manzhetakh, typescript, pages 200-30516Zapiski na chernykh manzhetakh, copy of typescript with author's corrections, 303 pages16Unpublished manuscripts, two copies of typescript with author's corrections, 190 pages1980s16Series VI: Writings by OthersScope and Contents

Typescripts and photocopies of typescripts with notes by Leonid Plyushch.

Chumachenko, V. A. and Savchenko, V. A., Taiemna istoriia povstanskoi armii Makhna199516Ihnatenko, M. A., Zakon rozpodilu prostykh chysel, with related correspondence199416Kaganskaia, M. Vlesova kniga: istoriia odnoi fal'shivki1980s16Kozak, V. A. Chto? Telefonnaia kniga16Nekrasov, Viktor, O chelovechnosti, ochen' uzh ee ne khvataet…197716Rudenko, Mykola, Nakliop16Shevelov, Yuriy, Slovo vprovodu do Leonida Plyushcha198416Shahak, I. On dissidents16Series VII: Oversize MaterialsAwards17Photographs17Posters17