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    The DymshitsKuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair, also known as The First Leningrad Trial or Operation Wedding (Russian: Ленинградское самолётное дело...
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    journalist, and writer. One of the leaders of the 1970 DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair, Kuznetsov's case drew international attention following his death...
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  • underground group and as a result of his involvement in the 1970 DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair. Following his release, he immigrated to the United States...
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    Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, about her parents story Sylva Zalmanson and Eduard Kuznetsov, leading characters in the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair—a daring...
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  • part of the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair Veniamin Dymshits, Soviet party leader This page lists people with the surname Dymshits. If an internal...
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    Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the...
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    security could not be allowed to leave the country. After the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair in 1970 and the crackdown that followed, strong international...
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    Operation Wedding is a documentary film about the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair, an escape attempt from the Soviet Union by a group of young Soviet...
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  • rights experienced by other Soviet ethnic groups. After the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair in 1970 following the crackdown, international condemnations...
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    right to immigration, he became one of the leaders of the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair, recounted in his 2012 memoir, Unbroken Spirit. As punishment...
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    Airline hijackings were another growing security concern within the Soviet Union which Alpha were deployed to solve. Between the 1970 DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking...
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    stirred up Zionist feelings.[citation needed] After the Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair and the crackdown that followed, strong international condemnations...
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  • Following the failure of the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair, in which 12 refuseniks unsuccessfully attempted to hijack a plane and flee west, crackdowns...
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    the international condemnation of the Soviet reaction to DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair in 1970, the Soviet Union temporarily loosened emigration...
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  • (2008–2018). Eduard Kuznetsov, 85, Russian-Israeli dissident, journalist, and writer, co-leader of the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair. Murray D. Levy...
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    Natan Sharansky (category Ministers of internal affairs of Israel)
    that Israel must stand firmly with the Ukrainian people. DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair Town square test New antisemitism Three Ds of antisemitism...
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  • Following the failure of the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair, in which 12 refuseniks unsuccessfully attempted to hijack a plane and flee west, crackdowns...
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    Schoenau ultimatum (category Hijackings in Europe)
    many were formally refused permission to leave. After the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair in 1970 and the crackdown that followed, strong international...
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    Refuseniks attempted to hijack a plane and fly it to Israel in what became known as the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair. Their attempt failed, and...
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    to escape. The plan was called "Operation Wedding," (AKA DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair): the group would buy all the tickets to a local flight as...
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  • December – Eduard Kuznetsov, (b. 1939), Russian-Israeli dissident, journalist, and writer, co-leader of the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair. Timeline of...
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    Krasnodar Krai, in the Russian SFSR. In 1970, she heard of the Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair, and decided to emigrate. She contacted a Jew named Vladimir...
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  • and in turn based loosely on the events of the June 1970 DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair, in which a group of mostly Jews and two non-Jews unsuccessfully...
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  • Mendelevitch – former Soviet refusenik and participant in the Dymshits-Kuznetsov hijacking affair James Wright – then Speaker of the United States House of...
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    imprisoned alongside individuals convicted for involvement in the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair. As part of the Perestroika reforms promoted by Soviet leader...
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  • in the documentary Operation Wedding for his role in the DymshitsKuznetsov hijacking affair. Max Penson died in 1959 in Uzbekistan. Though many of Penson's...
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