<< September 1967 to February 1969 >> see 14 November 1967 (no number) 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 and Educational Institutions, and V. Shauro, Chief of the Department of Culture, re the manuscript "Under … Continue reading “Let History Judge” (Medvedev) 1967-1969
Tag: STALIN, Josif*
31 December 1938* [Stalin] Great Terror
Stalin’s written permission for the Krasnoyarsk Region (Siberia) to carry out several thousand additional “1st category arrests” (executions). The instruction was written in pencil on a small, plain slip of paper. [Russian: 31 December 1938] ======================================= Permit Krasnoyarsk Region 6,600 additional ‘1st category’ arrests. For Stalin, I.V. ====================================== NOTES This instruction came two months after … Continue reading 31 December 1938* [Stalin] Great Terror
5 November 1969* (2792-A) Alliluyeva
KGB memorandum to Central Committee. Tactics for discrediting the author and contents of Only One Year, a new book by Stalin’s daughter Svetlana ALLILUYEVA (4 pp). [R 5 November 1969, 2792-A] Excerpt. ============================================================== [page two of four - page one contains only two written words] Special File Top Secret USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] … Continue reading 5 November 1969* (2792-A) Alliluyeva
19 March 1970 (699-A) Krasnodar
KGB report to Central Committee about uncovering and neutralising a "Club for Democracy" organized by high school students in the Krasnodar Region (2 pp). [R 19 March 1970, 699-A] Excerpt. ============================================================= [page one of two] SECRET USSR Committee for State Security [KGB] of the USSR Council of Ministers 19 March 1970, No. 699-A Moscow To … Continue reading 19 March 1970 (699-A) Krasnodar
12 July 1984* (Pb) Stalin and Khrushchev
Politburo meeting. Request by Molotov and Kaganovich to be re-admitted to the Party; exchange of views about Khrushchev and Stalin. [R 12 Jul 84, Pb] =========================================================== [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. Vorotnikov, … Continue reading 12 July 1984* (Pb) Stalin and Khrushchev
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
A QUOTA FOR KILLINGS
«The Stalin Years, 1929-1953» The Bukovsky Archives contain 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. For over twenty years Stalin was ruler of … Continue reading A QUOTA FOR KILLINGS
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
The Bukovsky Archives 