Question

As part of tightening Soviet cultural policies in the late 1960s, two Soviet writers- Andrei Siniavsky and Yuri Daniel were arrested for publishing their works abroad.

a)True

b)False

Answer 1

The correct answer is: true .

Step-by-step explanation:

The Sinyavsky-Daniel trial was a trial against two Russian writers, Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel, for publishing their satirical writings about the Soviet Union abroad.

The trial took place in Moscow, in February 1966, and the writers were sentenced to seven and five years in labor camps.

The writers used fake pseudonyms, Abram Tertz and Nikolai Arzhak, to write about anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. Their publications – This is Moscow Speaking and The Trial Begins caught the attention of the KGB, so they were arrested in 1965.