9 September 1969* (No 2273-A) Krupp, KGB and W. German contacts

KGB REPORT. Meeting in the Netherlands between a KGB source and Count Georg-Volkmar ZEDTWITZ von ARNIM, a director of the Krupp corporation, on behalf of the West German SPD [R: 9 September 1969, 2273-A]. 2 pp. ====================================== [page one of two] SPECIAL FILE Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council … Continue reading 9 September 1969* (No 2273-A) Krupp, KGB and W. German contacts

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

5 October 1979* (St 179/32) Visit to Moscow by Giovanni Cervetti (PCI)

SECRETARIAT Resolution. Visit to the Soviet Union by Giovanni CERVETTI, a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) leadership, during which financial matters were to be discussed. Includes 4 October 1979 (25-S-1803) memorandum from ZAGLADIN [R: 5 October 1979, St 179-32]. 3 pp. =============================== [page one of three] No St 179/32, 5 October 1979 Top … Continue reading 5 October 1979* (St 179/32) Visit to Moscow by Giovanni Cervetti (PCI)

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