The Dymshits–Kuznetsov aircraft hijacking affair, also known as The First Leningrad Trial or Operation Wedding (Russian: Ленинградское самолётное дело, or Дело группы Дымшица-Кузнецова) (Leningrad Airplaine Affair), was an attempt to hijack a civilian aircraft on 15 June 1970 by a group of 16 Soviet refuseniks in order to escape to the West....