What is Letter of the 99?
The l'''etter of the 99''' (in [[Russian language|Russian]]: '''Письмо девяноста девяти''') is a collective open letter signed in [[1968]] by several famous Soviet mathematicians in defense of their colleague Aleksander Yesenin-Volpin, who was forcibly committed to a [[psychiatric hospital]] in connection with his [[dissident]] activities. The letter became an important event in the history of both Soviet mathematics and the human rights movement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Santos|first=Nicolás Atanes|date=2021-10-01|title=La Carta de los 99|url=https://diario16.com/la-carta-de-los-99/|access-date=2022-08-25|website=Diario16|language=es|archive-date=2022-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123123852/https://diario16.com/la-carta-de-los-99/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1968|url=https://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neretin/misc/1968plus.html|access-date=2022-08-25|website=www.mat.univie.ac.at}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pismo-99|url=https://math.ru/history/p99/index.htm|access-date=2022-08-25|website=math.ru}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{Math-stub}} [[Category:History of mathematics]]