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This, however, did not satisfy the Soviet State.
On 31 October 1958, the Union of Soviet Writers held a trial behind closed doors.
According to the meeting minutes, Pasternak was denounced as an internal White emigre and a Fascist fifth columnist.
Afterwards, the attendees announced that Pasternak had been expelled from the Union.
They further signed a petition to the Politburo, demanding that Pasternak be stripped of his Soviet citizenship and exiled to, " his Capitalist paradise.
" According to Yevgenii Pasternak, however, author Konstantin Paustovsky refused to attend the meeting.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko did attend, but walked out in disgust.
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