Category: 02. CPSU, Terror & Repression

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