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Pravda, 1990, No. 303: V. Shurygin, 'Indonesia: goresan tragedi 35 tahun lalu'

Pravda, 1990: Shurygin, 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago' (excerpt)

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Pravda (Nov/Dec 1990, No. 303) archive.org OCR excerpt of V. Shurygin's retrospective 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago'. Lists Gerwani among PKI-affiliated mass organisations, cites up to 500,000 killed, notes slander turned opinion against communists, and says ~50,000 of 1.4 million ex-prisoners may vote in 1992.

Kutipan OCR Pravda (1990, No. 303) dari archive.org: retrospeksi V. Shurygin 'Indonesia: goresan tragedi 35 tahun lalu'. Gerwani disebut sebagai organisasi massa PKI; korban hingga 500.000 jiwa, fitnah membalikkan opini publik, dan ~50.000 dari 1,4 juta bekas tapol mungkin boleh memilih 1992.

“'Adjoining [the PKI] were SOBSI, the peasants' union BTI, People's Youth, the women's organisation Gerwani, and the cultural organisation Lekra.' (fragment, no page)”

People

V. ShuryginSuhartoSukarnoUntung

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Peasants' FrontPeople's YouthInstitute of People's CultureHarian Rakjat

Places

IndonesiaJakartaBogorHalim Perdanakusuma Air Force BaseCentral Java

Events

30 September MovementMass killings of 1965–66

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathkillings 1965–66propaganda and mediaUSSR and Eastern Europememory, testimony and justicehistoriography

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Date
1990
Creator
Pravda
Publication
Pravda
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USSR
Period
1980–1998
Source archive
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Pravda (1990) - No. 303, Gerwani retrospective [archive.org 1990303_4473].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.842) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
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