The 63 published issues of the bi-monthly CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS (April 1968-June 1982) can all be accessed in English translation. The Russian original ХРОНИКА ТЕКУЩИХ СОБЫТИЙ has been available online since 2008. Example. For a contemporary account of the events leading up to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's expulsion on 13 February from the USSR, see A … Continue reading Alternative sources (1968-1991)
Category: 2.1 pre-1975
31 January 1938* (Pb 57/48) Great Terror
Dealing with “Anti-Soviet Elements”. Politburo accepts NKVD request to increase quotas for 1st category arrests (executions) and 2nd category arrests (sent to camps) in 22 Republics and Regions across the USSR. [Russian: 31 January 1938, Pb 57-48] total 2 pp. ==================================== [page one of two] Return within 24 hoursto the Central Committee Special Sector STRICTLY SECRET(From … Continue reading 31 January 1938* (Pb 57/48) Great Terror
31 December 1938* [Stalin] Great Terror
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. [Russian: 31 December 1938] ======================================= Permit Krasnoyarsk Region 6,600 additional ‘1st category’ arrests. For Stalin, I.V. ====================================== NOTES This instruction came two months after … Continue reading 31 December 1938* [Stalin] Great Terror
19 December 1957** (KGB) Landau
KGB report. ACADEMICIAN LEV LANDAU’s admiration for the Hungarian insurgents and comments about Bolshevik fascism (17 pp). [R 19 December 1957] ========================== Top Secret, copy #2 CPSU, Central Committee To Comrade KIRILLIN V. A., personally December 20, 1957 At your request, sending the Academy member L.D. Landau's file ATTACHMENT: 16 sheets. Chairman of the KGB … Continue reading 19 December 1957** (KGB) Landau
4 October 1956** (St 1061) Fake border post
Secretariat. Creation of the “Mill”, a fake border post in the Far East used from 1941 to 1949 to test the loyalty of individuals, who were then arrested and imprisoned; many were shot (8 pp). [R 4 October 1956, St 1061] ============================================================== [page one of eight] Top Secret To be returned, after the meeting of … Continue reading 4 October 1956** (St 1061) Fake border post
3 September 1953** [Central Committee] Special assignments
Secretariat. Creation at Ministry of Internal Affairs of Special Division No.12 for “special assignments” (diversion, sabotage, assassination) abroad. Structure, functions, etc of Special Division (7 pp). [R 3 September 1953] ============================================================ [page one of seven] Top Secret Special File CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION RESOLUTION On the institution of … Continue reading 3 September 1953** [Central Committee] Special assignments
31 October 1941* [NKVD] Arrests and executions
Report to NKVD chief BERIA. The activities of a special NKVD division at the front during the Great Patriotic War, from 22 June until 19 October 1941: 657,364 arrested, majority sent back to fight in penal batallions; 25,878 detained, over 10,000 shot. [Russian: 31 October 1941] total 3 pp. =================================== [page one of three] Top … Continue reading 31 October 1941* [NKVD] Arrests and executions
31 October 1937* [NKVD] Kuibyshev
Letter from A. FRENKEL (Kuibyshev) to NKVD chief YEZHOV: malfunctioning of special troika, unburied bodies of "Enemies of the People", and poor safety measures during interrogation. [Russian: 31 October 1937] Two pages. ======================================= [page one of two] Comrade Yezhov! I consider it my duty to advise you of the following facts that have been made known … Continue reading 31 October 1937* [NKVD] Kuibyshev
16 November 1972* (Pb 67/XVIII) Warnings
Politburo decision. Responding to a jointly signed request from the KGB and Procurator-General RUDENKO (11 October 1972, 2594-А, pp. 4-5) the Party leaders approve a secret decree (p. 2) about special KGB “cautions” or warnings to those engaged in “politically harmful” behaviour. [Russian: 16 November 1972, Pb 67-XVIII], total 5 pp. Often referred to as … Continue reading 16 November 1972* (Pb 67/XVIII) Warnings
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