Dealing with “Anti-Soviet Elements”. Politburo accepts NKVD request to increase quotas for 1st category arrests (executions) and 2nd category arrests (sent to camps) in 22 Republics and Regions across the USSR. [Russian: 31 January 1938, Pb 57-48] total 2 pp. ==================================== [page one of two] Return within 24 hoursto the Central Committee Special Sector STRICTLY SECRET(From … Continue reading 31 January 1938* (Pb 57/48) Great Terror
Tag: NKVD*
31 October 1941* [NKVD] Arrests and executions
Report to NKVD chief BERIA. The activities of a special NKVD division at the front during the Great Patriotic War, from 22 June until 19 October 1941: 657,364 arrested, majority sent back to fight in penal batallions; 25,878 detained, over 10,000 shot. [Russian: 31 October 1941] total 3 pp. =================================== [page one of three] Top … Continue reading 31 October 1941* [NKVD] 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. [Russian: 31 October 1937] Two pages. ======================================= [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 [Russian: 25 December 1962, 3265-S] four pages. =================================== [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
Secretariat. Creation of the “Mill”, a fake border post in the Soviet Far East used from 1941 to 1949 to test the loyalty of individuals, who were then arrested and imprisoned; many were shot (9 pp). [R 4 October 1956, St 1061] Excerpt. ============================ [page one of nine] Top Secret To be returned, after the … Continue reading 4 October 1956* (St 1061) Fake border post
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. [Russian: 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 … Continue reading 17 February 1938* (Pb 58/57) Ukraine
4 February 1938* (No 95/III) Great Terror
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. [Russian: 4 February 1938, No 95-III] ============================= [page one of one] TO BE RETURNED WITHIN 48 HOURS [Central Committee Politburo Resolution, 5 May 1927, order … Continue reading 4 February 1938* (No 95/III) Great Terror
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