Chapter 14
Bella Abramova
Subbotovskaya and the
“Jewish People’s
University”
Exactly 25 years ago, on September 23, 1982 at about 11 o’clock
at night, an accident occurred in a dark street in Moscow. A woman
walked along the sidewalk. She had just...
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Chapter 14
Bella Abramova
Subbotovskaya and the
“Jewish People’s
University”
Exactly 25 years ago, on September 23, 1982 at about 11 o’clock
at night, an accident occurred in a dark street in Moscow. A woman
walked along the sidewalk. She had just visited her mother and was on
her way home. It was a quiet street, hardly a vehicle passed by at this
hour. Suddenly a truck appeared at high speed, hit the woman, and
drove off. Moments later another car drove up, stopped for a moment
next to the victim, and also drove off. An ambulance came—who had
called it?—and took the victim straight to the morgue. The funeral
took place the next day. It was a very low key affair, nobody talked,
no eulogy was held. Mourners only whispered among themselves, all
the while observed by a few official-looking men. Eventually everybody quietly dispersed. The hit-and-run driver was never found, and
the case was closed. The accident had all the trappings of a KGB
hit. The victim was the 44-year old
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