Category: 2.1 pre-1975

27 April 1970* (1118-A) Vandalism and Lenin’s centenary

KGB note about delinquent acts during the celebration of LENIN's birth centenary [R: 27 April 1970 – 1118-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). ============================================================= [page one of two] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 27 April 1970, No. 1118-A Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The centenary of the “founder … Continue reading 27 April 1970* (1118-A) Vandalism and Lenin’s centenary

19 March 1970 (699-A) Rebellious youth in Krasnodar

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KGB REPORT about uncovering and neutralising a "Club for Democracy" organized by high school students in the Krasnodar Region [R: 19 March 1970, 699-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). =========================================== [page one of two] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 19 March 1970, No. 699-A Moscow To the CPSU Central … Continue reading 19 March 1970 (699-A) Rebellious youth in Krasnodar

12 June 1970* (1610-A) anti-Soviet youth in Sverdlovsk

KGB about arrests of members of an anti-Soviet youth organization in Sverdlovsk [R: 12 June 1970, 1610-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). =========================================================== [page one of two] [added Top] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 12 June 1970, No. 1610-A Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee The KGB for the … Continue reading 12 June 1970* (1610-A) anti-Soviet youth in Sverdlovsk

19 December 1957* (KGB) Landau on Hungary and Bolshevik fascism [1]

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KGB REPORT. Physicist Lev LANDAU’s admiration for the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and his comments about Bolshevik fascism [R: 19 December 1957]. 17 pp (Excerpt). ====================== Identifying the rebels with the Hungarian nation and working class, he characterised the events in Hungary as ‘the Hungarian Revolution’, a ‘very good, joyful event’ in which ‘the warrior-nation' was … Continue reading 19 December 1957* (KGB) Landau on Hungary and Bolshevik fascism [1]

4 October 1956* (St 1061) Fake border post in the Soviet Far East

SECRETARIAT. Creation of the “Mill”, a fake border post in the Soviet Far East (1941-1949), to test the loyalty of individuals who were then arrested and imprisoned; many were shot [R: 4 October 1956, St 1061]. 9 pp (excerpt). ============================ [page one of nine] Top Secret To be returned, after the meeting of the Secretariat, … Continue reading 4 October 1956* (St 1061) Fake border post in the Soviet Far East

A QUOTA FOR KILLINGS: The Great Terror and its long-term impact

«The Stalin Years, 1929-1953» The Bukovsky Archives contain relatively little on the Stalin era. The majority of files focus on the period when Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet Union's other long-serving leader (1964-1982), was in power. Yet Brezhnev, too, first came to prominence within the Party during Stalin's time. * STALIN For over twenty years Stalin … Continue reading A QUOTA FOR KILLINGS: The Great Terror and its long-term impact

17 February 1938* (Pb 58/57) Ukraine

NKVD in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic requests an increase of 30,000 people in Ukraine's quota for executions and arrests. Politburo agrees [R 17 February 1938, Pb 58-57]. ============================== [page one of one] Workers of All Lands, Unite! STRICTLY SECRET(Special File) CENTRAL COMMITTEEof the All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) Pb 58/57 17 February 1938 To Comrade … Continue reading 17 February 1938* (Pb 58/57) Ukraine

4 February 1938* (No 95/III) Great Terror in Gorky Region

Encrypted telegram to STALIN and YEZHOV from YULY KAGANOVICH: a request to increase the quota for executions and arrests in the Gorky Region and extend the deadline until 20 March [R: 4 February 1938, No 95-III]. One page. ============================= [page one of one] TO BE RETURNED WITHIN 48 HOURS [Central Committee Politburo Resolution, 5 May … Continue reading 4 February 1938* (No 95/III) Great Terror in Gorky Region