<< 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, Siberian Executions (31 Dec ’38*)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Tactics for discrediting the author and contents of Only One Year, a new book by Stalin’s daughter Svetlana ALLILUYEVA (feature photo) [R: 5 November 1969, 2792-A]. 4 pp (excerpt). * Discredit the author and contents of Only One Year (5 Nov '69*, 2792-A) * ============================================================== [page two of four - page one contains … Continue reading Discredit Alliluyeva (5 Nov ’69* 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 ’70*, 699-A)
POLITBURO meeting. Request by Molotov and Kaganovich (pp. 2-4) to be re-admitted to the Party. Exchange of views about Khrushchov (feature photo) and Stalin (pp. 4-6) [R: 12 Jul 84, Pb]. 6 pp. * Discussion of Stalin, Khrushchov & others (12 Jul '84*, Pb) * =========================================================== [page one of six] Top Secret Single Copy (Draft … Continue reading Stalin, Khrushchov & others (12 Jul ’84* Pb)
* Concealing Stalin-era execution dates KGB REPORT (Semichastny; feature photo). 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; see page four] Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 25 … Continue reading Concealing execution dates (25 Dec ’62*, 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. * A QUOTA FOR KILLINGS The Great … Continue reading KILLING QUOTA: Great Terror’s 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 1938 [R: 4 February 1938, No 95-III]. One page. * Great Terror in Gorky Region (4 Feb '38*, No 95/III) ============================= [page one of one] … Continue reading Great Terror in Gorky Region (4 Feb ’38*)
