1937
24 September 1937, Pb 54/212 [2.1] – Politburo decision. Dealing with anti-Soviet Elements. Central Committee permits Armenian Communist Party to increase executions. [R 24 September 1937, Pb 54-212]
31 October 1937* (no number) [2.1] – NKVD correspondence. Letter from A. FRENKEL (Kuibyshev city NKVD) to NKVD chief YEZHOV: malfunctioning of troikas, unburied bodies of Enemies of the People, and poor safety measures during interrogation.
[R 31 October 1937] total 2 pp.
1938
31 January 1938*, Pb 57/48 [2.1] – Dealing with “Anti-Soviet Elements”. Politburo accepts NKVD request to increase quotas for 1st category (executions) and 2nd category arrests in 22 Republics and Regions across the USSR. [R 31 January 1938, Pb 57-48] total 2 pp.
4 February 1938*, No 95/III [2.1] – Encrypted telegram from YULY KAGANOVICH to STALIN and NKVD chief YEZHOV. Request to increase executions and arrests in the Gorky Region. [R 4 February 1938, No 95-III]
17 February 1938*, Pb 58/57 [2.1] – Politburo decision. NKVD request to increase Ukraine NKVD’s quota for arrests by 30,000 is granted. [R 17 February 1938, Pb 58-57]
10 May 1938, Pb 61/128 [2.1] – Politburo decision. NKVD request from Omsk (Siberia) to increase quota for executions by a further 1,000 persons. [R 10 May 1938, Pb 61-128]
17 July 1938 (no number) [2.1] – Request from Belorussian NKVD. Encrypted telegram from Belorussian SSR to STALIN, YEZHOV and ANDREYEV, to increase quota for executions (2,000) and arrests (3,000). [R 17 July 1938]
15 September 1938, Pb 64/22 [2.1] – Politburo decision. Reduce the role of “special troikas”, signed by STALIN; after 1 August charges of Counter-Revolutionary activities (Article 58) to be examined by courts. [R 15 September 1938, Pb 64-22] total 2 pp.
31 December 1938* (no number) [2.1] – STALIN’s written permission for the Krasnoyarsk Region [Siberia] to carry out several thousand additional “1st category arrests” (executions). The instruction was written in pencil on a small, plain slip of paper. [R 31 December 1938]
1939
05 February 1939, 530-B [2.1] – NKVD memorandum. Letter from NKVD head BERIA and Procurator-General VYSHINSKY to STALIN about pardoning all criminals after 3 years of imprisonment, except those convicted of “Counter-Revolutionary Activities” (Article 58, RSFSR Criminal Code). Mentions total of 2 million arrested and exiled since 1927. [R 5 September 1939, 530-B] total 2 pp.
1941
31 October 1941* (no number) [2.1] – Report to NKVD chief BERIA. The activities of a special NKVD division at front, from 22 June until 19 October 1941: 657,364 arrested and 10,201 shot. [R 31 October 1941] total 3 pp.
1947
15 January 1947* (no number) [2.1] – Note from MGB chief ABAKUMOV to STALIN. The trials of White Generals PYOTR KRASNOV, ANDREI SHKURO and SULTAN KELECH GHIREY (handed over by British), and certain others. Stalin’s decision. [R 15 January 1947] total 2 pp. (tbt)
3 March 1947 (no number) [2.1] – Report from MGB chief ABAKUMOV to STALIN. Permission for arrest of Generals GORDOV and RIBALCHENKO, based on clandestine report about Gordov’s conversation with his wife; Stalin’s handwritten decision. [R 3 March 1947]
1952
6 October 1952 (no number) [2.1] – Note from MGB chief IGNATIEV to Central Committee. Request from LEONID BREZHNEV, general secretary of Moldavian Communist Party, banishing “Socially Dangerous Elements”. Agreement to increase numbers to be exiled from Moldavia. [R 6 October 1952] total 2 pp.
The Bukovsky Archives 