<< September 1967 to February 1969 >> * HOOVER INSTITUTION annotation [1] Memorandum to the CPSU Central Committee from: V. Stepakov, Chief of the Propaganda Department; S. Trapeznikov, Chief of the Department of Research & Educational Institutions; and V. Shauro, Chief of the Department of Culture concerning the manuscript "Under the Judgment of History" by … Continue reading “Let History Judge” (Medvedev) 1967-1969
STALIN’s written permission for the Krasnoyarsk Region (Siberia) to carry out over six thousand additional “1st category arrests” (executions). Instruction in pencil on a small, plain slip of paper [R 31 December 1938]. One page. ======================================= Permit Krasnoyarsk Region 6,600 additional ‘1st category’ arrests. For: Stalin, I.V. ====================================== NOTES This instruction came two months after … Continue reading Stalin — Great Terror in Siberia (31 Dec 1938*)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Tactics for discrediting the author and contents of Only One Year, a new book by Stalin’s daughter Svetlana ALLILUYEVA [R: 5 November 1969, 2792-A]. 4 pp (excerpt). ============================================================== [page two of four - page one contains only two written words] SPECIAL FILE Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR … Continue reading Discrediting Alliluyeva (5 Nov 1969*, 2792-A)
KGB REPORT about uncovering and neutralising a "Club for Democracy" organized by high school students in the Krasnodar Region [R: 19 March 1970, 699-A]. 2 pp (excerpt). =========================================== [page one of two] Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] at the USSR Council of Ministers 19 March 1970, No. 699-A Moscow To the CPSU Central … Continue reading Krasnodar rebellious youth (19 Mar 1970*, 699-A)
POLITBURO meeting. Request by Molotov and Kaganovich to be re-admitted to the Party; exchange of views about Khrushchov and Stalin [R: 12 Jul 84, Pb]. 6 pp. =========================================================== [page one of six] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft Minutes) MEETING OF CPSU POLITBURO, 12 July 1984 chaired by Comrade K.U. CHERNENKO Comrades in attendance:G.A. Aliyev, V.I. … Continue reading Discussion of Stalin, Khrushchov and others (12 July 1984*, Pb)
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 Concealing Stalin-era execution dates (25 Dec 1962*, 3265-S)
«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
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 Great Terror in Gorky Region (4 Feb 1938*, No 95/III)
The Bukovsky Archives 