Dealing with “Anti-Soviet Elements”. POLITBURO accepts NKVD request to increase quotas for 1st category (executions) and 2nd category (sent to camps) arrests in 22 Republics and Regions across the USSR [R: 31 January 1938, Pb 57-48]. 2 pp. ==================================== [page one of two] Return within 24 hours to the Central Committee Special Sector STRICTLY SECRET (From … Continue reading 31 January 1938* (Pb 57/48) the Great Terror: execution or the camps
Tag: NKVD*
31 October 1941* (NKVD) Wartime Arrests and Executions
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. =================================== [page one of three] Top Secret Attention: People's … Continue reading 31 October 1941* (NKVD) Wartime 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 [R: 31 October 1937]. 2 pp. ======================================= [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
25 December 1962* (3265-S) Execution dates
KGB REPORT (Semichastny). Change in procedures for informing relatives about prisoners’ date of execution in the Stalin era [R: 25 December 1962, 3265-S], 4 pp. =================================== [page one of three] Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 25 December 1962, No. 3265-S Moscow To the CPSU Central Committee … Continue reading 25 December 1962* (3265-S) Execution dates
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
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
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