Word: moroz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University has invited Valentyn Moroz, a Ukranian historian and sociogist imprisoned by the Soviet Union, to join the Harvard Ukranian Research Institute for the 1975-76 academic year...
Omeijan Pritsak, professor of Linguistics and director of the institute, said yesterday Moroz was invited last fall because "we're a new institution, we need good people, and he's a great sholar...
...Moroz, arrested in 1970 on charges of antil-soviet propagands and agitation, has been on a hunger strike in Vladmir prison since July 1. He is protesting the charges on which he is imprisoned and inhuman treatment by prison suthorities...
Pritsak said Moroz is in prison because the Soviet authorities "tried to force him to agree to something he thought impossible, and he chose instead to go to prison...
...Although Moroz is presently incarcerated, Pritsak said he hopes the scholar will be able to come to Harvard next year...