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...some of the palace museums that were once the Czars' homes. It is equally appreciated by Muscovites, because it stocks such hard-to-find items as fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. And for good friends with a taste for black caviar and French wines, Store Manager Yuri K. Sokolov was happy to oblige. But in April 1983, Sokolov was arrested on charges of corruption. Two weeks ago, he went before the firing squad...
...Sokolov's execution shocked many people because he had influential friends, among them the family of the late Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev. For years, the flamboyant Sokolov provided high Soviet officials with gourmet foods that are rarely seen in Soviet stores. In exchange, he lived a privileged life: he was said to own several ZILS, the Soviet-made limousine reserved for high party officials, as well as country homes outside Moscow. But the government apparently decided to make an example of Sokolov as part of the Kremlin's campaign against corruption, and the store manager was found guilty...
Some important novels by Soviet exiles still remain inaccessible to U.S. readers. School for Fools (Ardis) by Sasha Sokolov, 40, has not gained adequate recognition because of difficulties in translation. Cast in the form of an internal dialogue between the two personalities of a schizophrenic youth, the novel is rich in exotic images and associations that are largely lost in English, despite Translator Carl Proffer's heroic efforts...
TASS, the Soviet news agency, showed no such reluctance in publicizing the fate of a Moscow store manager. Yuri Sokolov, former director of the Gastronom No. 1, Moscow's finest food store, was renowned for being able to supply his customers with such rare or rationed delicacies as caviar, smoked sturgeon, coffee and Indian tea. As caterer to the capital's elite, Sokolov lived in high style and had friends close to Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev...
...Sokolov was arrested last year for accepting bribes. Some of the caterer's influential acquaintances appealed in his behalf, to no avail. After Brezhnev's death on Nov. 10, 1982, his successor Yuri Andropov launched a campaign against high-level corruption. Last week TASS announced that Sokolov had been sentenced to death and that four of his assistants were given long prison terms. Stiff penalties for corruption are not infrequent in the Soviet Union, but before Andropov's crackdown they were rarely imposed on someone as well connected as Sokolov...