Selected by a prominent Soviet-era dissident and veteran opponent of the regime, this archive is a unique source of information on the post-Stalin years of the USSR. In 1992, Vladimir Bukovsky was given access to the archives of the CPSU Central Committee in Moscow for a period of five months. The new Russian government of … Continue reading 02. The Status of these Archives
Category: 02. CPSU, Terror & Repression
05. Uncensored Sources: “Chronicle” & “Vesti”
* 1968-1982 (CCE); 1978-1991 (Vesti) * CHRONICLE The 63 published issues of the bi-monthly CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS (April 1968 to June 1982) can all be accessed in English translation. The Russian original ХРОНИКА ТЕКУЩИХ СОБЫТИЙ was available online since 2008, thanks to the Memorial Human Rights Centre. (At present [2/07/26], it is inaccessible.) Example … Continue reading 05. Uncensored Sources: “Chronicle” & “Vesti”
Great Terror (31 Jan ’38* Pb)
Dealing with “Anti-Soviet Elements”. POLITBURO accepts NKVD request to increase quotas for 1st category (executions) and 2nd category (sent to camps) arrests in 22 Republics and Regions across the USSR [R: 31 January 1938, Pb 57-48]. 2 pp. * Great Terror: execution or the camps (31 Jan '38*, Pb 57/48) * ==================================== [page one of … Continue reading Great Terror (31 Jan ’38* Pb)
Stalin, Siberian Executions (31 Dec ’38*)
STALIN’s written permission for the Krasnoyarsk Region (Siberia) to carry out over six thousand additional “1st category arrests” (executions). Instruction in pencil on a small, plain slip of paper [R 31 December 1938]. One page. ======================= Permit Krasnoyarsk Region 6,600 additional ‘1st category’ arrests. For: Stalin, I.V. ============================== NOTES This instruction came two months after … Continue reading Stalin, Siberian Executions (31 Dec ’38*)
May-Day “Incidents” (4 May ’75* A)
4 May 1975, 1103-A [2.2; 3.2] – KGB MEMORANDUM (Andropov). The situation during the 1975 May Day celebrations [R: 4 May 1975, 1103-A] One page. * May-Day "Negative Incidents" (4 May '75*, 1103-A) * ============================================== [page one of one] Secret State Security Committee [KGB] at the USSR Soviet of Ministers 4 May 1975, No 1103-A … Continue reading May-Day “Incidents” (4 May ’75* A)
30 December 1980** (St 243/8) North Caucasus
Secretariat. Memo from ANDROPOV about anti-Russian propaganda in Karachaevo-Cherkessk region, North Caucasus [R 30 Dec 80, 7 pp]. 7 pp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Translator’s notes are bracketed] #CT-243 of 12.30.80/TOP SECRET/SPECIAL FOLDER RESOLUTION Of the Secretariat of the CC of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Re: Memorandum of the Committee for State Security of the … Continue reading 30 December 1980** (St 243/8) North Caucasus
19 Dec ’57** (KGB) Landau [2]
KGB REPORT. The admiration expressed by Academician Lev LANDAU (1908-1968) for the Hungarian insurgents and his anti-Soviet comments since 1947, about Bolshevik fascism, etc. [R: 19 December 1957]. 17 pp. [See also abridged and annotated version 19 December 1957*, Lev Landau, and the note about both at the end of this text] 19 Dec '57** … Continue reading 19 Dec ’57** (KGB) Landau [2]
4 Oct ’56** St (Fake border post [2])
Secretariat. Creation of the “Mill”, a fake border post in the Soviet Far East. It was used (1941-1949) to test the loyalty of individuals, who were then arrested and imprisoned; many were shot [R 4 October 1956, St 1061]. 8 pp. 4 Oct '56**, St 1061 (Fake border post in the Far East [2]) * … Continue reading 4 Oct ’56** St (Fake border post [2])
MVD Division, “assignments abroad” (3 Sept ’53*)
SECRETARIAT. Creation at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Special Division 12 for “assignments” abroad: diversion, sabotage, assassination. Special Division regulations and structure [R: 3 September 1953]. 7 pp. ============================================================ [page one of seven] Top Secret SPECIAL FILE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION RESOLUTION On the institution of (Special) … Continue reading MVD Division, “assignments abroad” (3 Sept ’53*)
