“Why was it to pull the matter seven months?”: The last word of Vladimir Bukovsky
In the fall of 1966, despite the protests of famous figures of science and culture, new articles were introduced into the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. In particular, now criminal liability was assumed for participating in inconsistent rallies. The group of dissidents in January 1967, considering these articles contradicting the Constitution of the USSR, decided to reach Pushkinskaya Square and declare this, at the same time checking whether Soviet citizens declared in the Constitution work.