Report to NKVD chief BERIA. Activities from 22 June until 19 October 1941 of special NKVD divisions at the front during the Patriotic War (1941-1945). 657,364 arrested, majority sent back to fight in penal batallions; 25,878 detained, over 10,000 shot [R: 31 October 1941]. 3 pp. Lavrenty Beria =================================== [page one of three] Top Secret … Continue reading Wartime Arrests & Executions (31 Oct ’41*, NKVD)
Soviet ambassadors on human rights (19 May 1977*, Pb 56/68)
POLITBURO. Instructions to Soviet ambassadors on human rights issues [R: 19 May 1977, Pb 56-68]. 21 pp (excerpt). ======================== [page two] Secret To all Soviet ambassadors and representatives Recently a wide and coordinated campaign has unfolded in the West concerning the phoney “violations of human rights” in the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. Those … Continue reading Soviet ambassadors on human rights (19 May 1977*, Pb 56/68)
Stop “anti-Soviet campaign” in Italy (27 Sept ’77*, St 74/6)
SECRETARIAT. Measures to stop "anti-Soviet campaign" in Italy [R: 27 September 1977, 14 pp – St 4407]. 13 pp (excerpt). ====================================== [In September 1977, Boris Ponomaryov and Vasily Kuznetsovreported to the Central Committee] [page twelve] a new wave in the anti-Soviet and anti-socialist campaign is building up in Italy, with the main emphasis on the … Continue reading Stop “anti-Soviet campaign” in Italy (27 Sept ’77*, St 74/6)
US special services in anti-Soviet campaign (24 Mar 1977*, Pb 50/71)
POLITBURO. Measures to "stop activities of the US special services in the anti-Soviet campaign" about human rights [R: 24 March 1977, Pb 50-71]. 4 pp. ======================================================== [page two of four] [...] According to information received, this operation has prompted a serious reaction in the USA and other Western countries. Reports in American newspapers, on radio … Continue reading US special services in anti-Soviet campaign (24 Mar 1977*, Pb 50/71)
US offer for Olympic Games (1 Nov 1979*, Pb 172/113)
POLITBURO. Response to US Department of Justice concerning potential terrorism and drug distribution during the summer Olympic Games in Moscow – rejection of offer to cooperate [R: 1 November 1979, Pb 172-113]. 4 pp (excerpt). =================================== [page two of four] In a conversation with the Soviet ambassador to the USA about holding the [1980] Olympic … Continue reading US offer for Olympic Games (1 Nov 1979*, Pb 172/113)
“Anti-Soviet” activities & Olympic Games (25 Apr ’79*, 819-A)
KGB REPORT. "Anti-Soviet" activities with regard to holding the summer 1980 Olympic Games in the USSR [R: 25 April 1979, 819-A]. 4 pp (excerpt). ================================== [page three] [...] The enemy’s intelligence agencies and foreign anti-Soviet centres are trying, as previously, to use various insinuations about ‘the violation of human rights in the USSR’ to discredit … Continue reading “Anti-Soviet” activities & Olympic Games (25 Apr ’79*, 819-A)
“Brezhnev” icebreaker, Alliluyeva letters (20 March 1986*, Pb)
POLITBURO. Last topics discussed: renaming the "L.I. Brezhnev" icebreaker, and letters from Svetlana ALLILUYEVA about her return to USSR [R: 20 Mar 86, Pb]. 2 pp (excerpt). ========================================= [page one of two] Top Secret Single copy (draft record) [...] [page two] 41. [...] GORBACHOV. There is one matter I have left until last. On my instructions … Continue reading “Brezhnev” icebreaker, Alliluyeva letters (20 March 1986*, Pb)
World Psychiatric Congress (21 Nov 1977*, No 3042)
Report by the USSR Ministry of Health about results of World Psychiatric Congress in Hawaii [R: 21 November 1977, No 3042]. 9 pp (excerpt). =========================== [page two of nine] In preparation for the Congress the USSR Ministry of Health analysed the main anti-Soviet publications and prepared well-founded counter-arguments; a number of symposia were held with … Continue reading World Psychiatric Congress (21 Nov 1977*, No 3042)
21 March 1990** (No 318/2/0354) Military assistance
Ministry of Defence to Central Committee. Assistance to restore aviation and communication in Afghanistan (2 pp). [R 221 Mar 90, No 318-2-0354] total 2 pp. ========================================================== Translated by George Sklyar [Logo in the left margin: Soviet national emblem with this inscription beneath:] FIRST DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE OF THE USSR [Stamped in the right margin] … Continue reading 21 March 1990** (No 318/2/0354) Military assistance
The Bukovsky Archives 