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Abramovich, E. A., 53–54, 57–59, 60, 62–63, 64–65, 68, 70–71

abuses, 2, 77–78, 86, 95, 98–99, 174, 175, 176, 192–93

accomplice(s), 59–60, 68, 71–72, 159, 173–74, 190, 191–92

acquittals, 93–94, 95–96, 97, 98, 176

Administration of Internal Affairs (UVD), 42–43

Afanas’ev, G. P., 84–85

Aizenberg, Rafail, 117–18

Antonets, Avtonom Sidorovich, 140–41, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147

Antonik, Andrei Feofanovich, 147

Antonovich, Vladimir, 112

Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, 162

Artem’ev, Grigorii, 158–59

assaults, 91, 115–16, 191. See also beatings

Avdeev, Ivan, 121

Babich, Ivan Ignat’evich, 138, 139, 141, 144, 148, 150

Balitskii, V. A., 11, 28–29, 51

Barbarov, Petr, 115–16, 118, 124, 125

beatings

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 135–36, 142–43

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 190–91, 192

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 89, 91–92

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 57, 58, 63, 64, 69–70

Pertsov, David tribunal, 107, 112, 114, 116, 117–18, 120, 124–25

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 32, 33–40

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 157, 163, 166, 167–68, 173, 176

Beregovoi, Ivan Mikhailovich, 140–41, 142–43, 144, 145–47

Berenzon, Ia. I., 53–54, 56, 57–59, 60, 62–63, 68, 71

Beria, Lavrentii P., 1, 10, 31–32, 33, 35, 49, 69–70, 71–72, 78, 122. See also Odessa Oblast NKVD

Beria’s purge, 9–10, 15, 16, 49, 52, 53–54, 55, 59, 63, 72

Berkut, Artem Pavlovich, 33

Bliuman, Viktor, 110

Bol’shunov, Petr, 114–15, 122

Bondar’, D. A., 84–85

Bund, 36, 50, 54, 55–56

Burchenko, D., 33–35

Butenko, Nikolai Stepanovich, 14–15, 30, 40–41, 42, 43–44

byvshie liudi, 2–3, 4–5

cadre revolution, 5, 49

Central Committee of the Communist Party, 1, 26–27, 31–32, 34, 40, 53, 72, 89, 94, 108

Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party, 32, 119, 124

Central Committee of the VKP(B), 33

Checka/Checkists

Fleishman, O.

introduction to, 14–15

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 187, 189–90

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 77–78, 79, 80–81, 83, 86–99

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56–66, 67–72

Pertsov, David tribunal, 106–7, 110, 111, 113–14, 115, 118, 120, 124, 126, 127

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 26, 27–28, 29–32, 35–36, 38–40, 41, 44

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 167, 169, 174, 175–76

Cold War, 25

collectivization campaign, 2, 9, 98–99, 135, 136, 151, 189, 196

Communist Party

arrest of members, 50, 54, 55–56

Beria’s purge and, 49

Central Committee of the Communist Party, 1, 26–27, 31–32, 34, 40, 53, 72, 89, 94, 108

Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party, 32, 119, 124

Chekists and, 63–64

investigations by, 124

loyalty to, 40–41, 44

NKVD Communist Party, 1–2, 3, 6–7, 8–9, 11, 14–15, 110

Oblast Committee of the Communist Party, 30, 58

Odessa Oblast and, 71–72

Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, 26–27, 72

Politburo of the Communist Party of Ukraine, 3–4, 26–27, 28, 31, 64

release of members, 53

restoring balance to, 71–72

Ukrainian Communist Party, 32, 57, 66, 117–18, 119, 121, 124

UNKVD Communist Party, 159

Communist Party Central Committee. See Central Committee of the Communist Party

confessions

fake confessions, 16, 126, 156

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 135–37, 138, 139, 142–43, 147

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 188–89, 190–91, 192–93, 194–95

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 59–60, 66

operative punishment over, 13–14

Pertsov, David tribunal, 111–12, 116–18, 125, 126

recinding of, 7

torture in obtaining, 16

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 30–31, 37–38, 42–43

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 162, 166, 175–76

Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR, 1, 32, 34

Council of People’s Commissars of Ukraine, 26–27, 109, 110–11

counterrevolutionary activities/crimes

Fleishman, O.

introduction to, 2, 4–5, 9–10, 11, 12–13, 16

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 187, 191, 195–96

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 82, 85, 88

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 54–55, 56, 61, 69–70

Pertsov, David tribunal, 113–14, 115–16, 117–18, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 30, 33–34, 36, 37–38, 42

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 160, 161, 162, 165, 168, 175

Dagin, Izrail’, 189–90

Danileiko, G. P., 40–41, 42

death sentences. See also executions/executioners

introduction to, 14–15

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 191, 194–95

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 77–78, 85, 95–96

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 50, 52, 54–55, 56, 66

Pertsov, David tribunal, 126

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 29, 31, 36, 40–41, 42–43

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 169, 170, 176–77, 178–80

decree 00762, 33, 53

Detinko, Moisei, 160

Didenko, Maksim, 163, 164, 165, 176–77

Dieskul’, Andrei Andreevich, 147

Dolgushev, A. R., 12–13, 138–40, 148, 150–51

Dresher, Grigorii, 114–16, 117–18, 119–20, 124, 125

DTO NKVD, 185–86, 188–91, 195, 196

Efremov, Konstantin, 79–80

executions/executioners. See also death sentences

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 135, 146–47, 151

introduction to, 2, 3, 4–5, 8, 10–11, 13–15, 16

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 190, 191–92, 195–96

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 77–78, 85, 90, 93

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 50, 51, 52, 57, 63, 64–70, 71–72

Pertsov, David tribunal, 109, 112, 118–19, 124

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 24–25, 26–27, 31, 34, 36, 40, 41–45

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 157–59, 163, 164, 165, 168–70, 172, 174, 176, 178–79

Ezhov, Nikolai

introduction to, 4, 5, 7, 8–9

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal and, 195–96

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD and, 78

Odessa Oblast NKVD and, 51, 71

Pertsov, David tribunal and, 110–11, 114

suicide of, 19n.28

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev tribunal, 26–29, 31–32, 35, 40, 44

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD and, 161, 167–68

fake confessions, 16, 126, 156

fascists/fascism, 2–3, 29, 50, 109, 115, 136, 146, 160, 174

Federov, Mikhail, 157, 165–66, 176–77, 178–79

Federov, N.

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal

beatings, 135–36, 142–43

case of the “39” centerpiece, 135–37

Checka/Checkists, 138

confessions, 135–37, 138, 139, 142–43, 147

counterrevolutionary activities, 134, 136, 142–43, 144, 148

defendants following orders, 150–51

executions/executioners, 135, 146–47, 151

interrogations, 134, 137–38, 139–42, 143–45, 147, 148, 149, 150f

introduction to, 16, 134–35

Red Army and, 138, 140, 142–43, 149

socialist legality violations, 134, 140–41, 147

testimonies against, 142–45

testimony by defendants, 148–50, 150f

torture, 134, 138

trial of, 138–42

witnesses/witness testimony, 134, 136–37, 139–40, 141–43, 144–47, 148, 151

Fomin, L. P., 83, 84–85

forgotten Holocaust, 25

Frenkel’, Mikhail, 112–13

Frinovskii, Mikhail, 82–84

Gaponov, S. I., 15, 51, 52f, 53–54, 58–59, 60–61, 62–64, 65–69, 70

Garbuzov, Mikhail Vasil’evich, 82, 83, 86, 87–88, 91, 93–94, 95–96

genocide, 13–14, 24, 25, 185–86

Gerzon, Matvei, 109

Girich, Vladimir, 158–59

Glebov, Evdokim, 114

Gluzman, Mikail, 171–75

Gnesin, A. E., 53–54, 61–63, 64, 68, 70

Golubchikov, Timofei, 159, 164–65

Golubev, Sergei, 157–58, 159, 173–74, 177

Gorlinskii, N. D., 89

Grechukhin, D. D., 51, 63

Grishin, Grigorii, case, 160–62, 175–80

Grishin-Klivgant, G. A., 51

Gulags, 2, 3, 14–15, 16, 62, 69

Gur’ev, P. F., 86, 87, 94–95

Gutsalo, Petr Pavlovich, 143

humiliation of prisoners, 31, 39–40, 114, 170, 175, 176

Iakushev, Lavrentii (“Iakushevites”), 157–58, 166–67, 169–71, 172, 175, 176, 177–78

Iashchenko, Fedor Mikhailovich, 136–37

Ignatenko, Feliks, 159, 165, 170, 178–79

insurrectionary organizations, 2–3, 29, 136, 139, 148, 165, 166–67, 191–92

interrogations

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 134, 137–38, 139–42, 143–45, 147, 148, 149, 150f

introduction to, 1–2, 8, 10–11, 12–14, 16, 17

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 77–78, 79, 84–85, 95

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 55, 57, 60–61, 64, 70

Pertsov, David tribunal, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111–13, 114–17, 119–20, 121, 122, 124–25, 126

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 26, 31, 33–34, 36, 38–40, 42

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 162, 164–65, 167–68, 173

Iurchenko, I.

Kaliuzhnyi, V. F., 15, 53–54, 54f, 56, 61, 62, 63

Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 24–25

Karamyshev, Petr Vasil’evich, 15–16, 77–78, 79, 80, 81f, 82–83, 86–88, 89–97, 96f. See also Nikolaev Oblast NKVD

Karutskii, Semen, 121–22

kharakteristika document, 29, 66, 145

Kharkov Oblast UNKVD, 16, 112, 113, 116, 124

Kharkov Revolutionary Tribunal, 196

Khatanever, Aron, 109–10

Khrushchev, Nikita, 6–7, 25, 26–27, 32, 71–72, 124, 180

Kiev Oblast NKVD, 7, 8, 12–13, 16, 41–42, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 148, 156, 174

Kiselev, Pavel, 51, 64, 121

Klimas, M. K., 147

Kobulov, Amaiak Z., 33–34, 38–39, 62, 67, 164–65, 171

Kobyzev, Grigorii, 118–21, 123, 125

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal

administrative directives and duties, 190–91

arrest of, 195–96

beatings, 190–91, 192

Checka/Checkists, 187, 189–90

confessions, 188–89, 190–91, 192–93, 194–95

counterrevolutionary activities, 187, 191, 195–96

death sentences, 191, 194–95

executions/executioners, 190, 191–92, 195–96

Ezhov, Nikolai and, 195–96

introduction to, 17, 185–90, 188f

positive reinforcement tactics, 194

Red Army and, 187, 189

situational factors and, 196

threats and terror tactics by, 191–94

torture, 187–88, 195, 196

Uspenskii, Aleksander and, 190

witnesses/witness testimony, 191, 194–95, 196

Kokhanenko, Fedor Grigor’evich, 135, 136, 137, 143–44

Kononchuk, P. S., 58–59

Konovalov, Dmitrii, 109

Kopaev, Aleksei Pavlovich, 106, 114, 119–20, 124, 125. See also Pertsov, David tribunal

Korablev, Ivan Mikhailovich. See Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev

Korinnyi, Kalistrat Viktorovich, 142–43

Kriukov, Ivan, 106, 113–14, 116–17, 119–20, 124, 125. See also Pertsov, David tribunal

Kriukov, Nikolai, 122

Krivtsov, M. M. See Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal

kulak operations, 2–5, 26–27, 30, 52, 55–56, 135, 136, 147, 191, 193–94

Kursk Oblast NKVD, 187

Kuznetsov, Mikhail, 124–25

Kuznetsov, Nikolai, 192–93

labor camps, 2, 36–37, 44–45, 62, 67–68, 123–24, 127, 137, 150, 176, 177–78, 179

Lebedev, Vasilii, 158, 169, 170, 172

Leikht, Al’bert, 186

Leplevskii, Izrail’

introduction to, 11

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 51

Pertsov, David tribunal, 108–9, 110, 113, 126

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 26

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 160

Lesnov, Matvei, 162, 166–68, 176–77, 178–79

Liul’kov, Mitrofan S., 164, 165, 170, 176–77, 178–79, 179f

Livshits, Mikhail, 89–90, 120–21

Luk’ianov, Andrei, 157, 161, 166–67, 175–76, 177–78

Maistruk, V.

Malinin, L. A., 67–68

Maluka, Daniil, 165, 166, 176–77, 178–79

Malyshev, Nikolai, 123

Man’ko, Daniil, 160, 161, 163, 165, 175–77, 178–79

Martyniuk, Vsevolod, 162, 171

Mashkovskii, V. A., 53–56, 62–63, 68, 70

mass operation 00447, 2–4, 50, 135

mass operations

Beria purge and, 9–10

introduction to, 1–5

overview of, 14–17

purges and, 5–11

violations and trials, 5–9

Matusevich, Antonina Nikiforovna, 146–47

Matveev, Konstantin, 191, 192–93, 194

methods of interrogation, 38–39, 142, 173

Military Collegium of the All-Union Supreme Court, 172, 173, 174–75, 176, 177–78, 179

Mironov brigade, 187–89

Mishchenko, G., 32, 37–38

Nagornyi, Ivan, 112

national operations, 3–4, 26–27, 50, 52

Nazarenko, A. G., 83–84

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD

administrative interference, 81–84

beatings, 89, 91–92

campaign to restore socialist legality, 96–97

Checka/Checkists, 77–78, 79, 80–81, 83, 86–99

counterrevolutionary activities, 82, 85, 88

death sentences, 77–78, 85, 95–96

executions/executioners, 77–78, 85, 90, 93

Ezhov, Nikolai and, 78

Garbuzov, Mikhail Vasil’evich, 82, 83, 86, 87–88, 91, 93–94, 95–96

interrogations, 77–78, 79, 84–85, 95

introduction to, 15–16, 77–78

Karamyshev, Petr Vasil’evich, 15–16, 77–78, 79, 80, 81f, 82–83, 86–88, 89–97, 96f

Red Army and, 82, 87, 93–94

release of arrested members, 84–85

shipping plant fire, 78–81

socialist legality violations, 15–16, 77–78, 89–90, 96–97, 98–99

torture, 77–78, 91, 98

Trushkin, Iakov Luk’ianovich, 79, 82–84, 86–88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93–94, 95–96

Uspenskii, Aleksander, 83–84, 90–91, 92–93

Voronin, Konstantin Afanas’evich, 85, 86, 87–88, 91, 93–94, 95–96, 194

witnesses/witness testimony, 78–79, 83, 86, 88–89, 90, 95, 98

Nikolaichuk, Nikolai Luk’ianovich, 145–46

NKVD Communist Party, 1–2, 3, 6–7, 8–9, 11, 14–15

NKVD operatives

introduction to, 1–2, 5–6, 8, 9–10, 11, 12–13, 14–17

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 185–86, 196

Korablev and the Vinnitsa NKVD, 35, 39–40, 44–45

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 59, 65

as perpetrators, 11–14

Pertsov, David tribunal, 110, 120

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 35, 39–40, 44–45

NKVD perpetrators, 1–2, 12–15, 44

nomenklatura, 2, 187–88, 194–95

Novak, Z. A., 83–84

Novikov, Ia. I., 60–61

Nuremberg Trials, 25, 99

Oblast Committee of the Communist Party, 30, 58

Odessa Oblast NKVD

Abramovich, E. A., 53–54, 57–59, 60, 62–63, 64–65, 68, 70–71

beatings, 57, 58, 63, 64, 69–70

Berenzon, Ia. I., 53–54, 56, 57–59, 60, 62–63, 68, 71

Beria, Lavrentii P., 1, 10, 31–32, 33, 35, 49, 69–70, 71–72, 78, 122

campaign to restore socialist legality, 52–54, 59

Checka/Checkists, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56–66, 67–72

Communist Party balance, 71–72

confessions, 59–60, 66

counterrevolutionary activities, 54–55, 56, 61, 69–70

death sentences, 50, 52, 54–55, 56, 66

executions/executioners, 50, 51, 52, 57, 63, 64–70, 71–72

Ezhov, Nikolai and, 51, 71

Gaponov, S. I., 15, 51, 52f, 53–54, 58–59, 60–61, 62–64, 65–69, 70

Gnesin, A. E., 53–54, 61–63, 64, 68, 70

interrogations, 55, 57, 60–61, 64, 70

introduction to, 15–16, 49

investigation and prosecution, 61–65

judicial scrutiny, 54–56

Kaliuzhnyi, V. F., 15, 53–54, 54f, 56, 61, 62, 63

KPK case, 56–59

main defensive tactics, 59–65

Mashkovskii, V. A., 53–56, 62–63, 68, 70

perpetrators of excesses, 61–62, 65, 71–72

Red Army and, 68

regional specifics in mass repression, 50

rehabilitation and, 69–71

Senkevich, I. F., 57–58, 60

Shpak, S. Ia., 56–57, 60–61, 62, 63–64

socialist legality violations, 49, 50, 52–54, 55–56, 57, 59, 60–61, 63, 64, 72

Tiagin, N. M., 53–56, 61, 63, 64

torture, 52, 53, 59–60, 67, 68, 69–70

UNKVD leadership and, 51

Uspenskii, Aleksander, 51, 63

Vyshinskii, Andrei, 4, 7, 8–9, 36–37, 52, 177, 195

witnesses/witness testimony, 52, 56–57, 59, 63, 64, 68

Orlova, Domna Mikhailovna, 147

Panshin, Ivan, 169, 170, 172

Perevolchanskii, Grigorii, 119

perpetrators of excesses, 61–62, 65, 71–72

Pertsov, David tribunal

accusation and conviction of Pertsov, 123–24

administrative disagreements, 121–22

appointments of Pertsov, 106–10, 108f, 113

arrest and convictions of collaborators, 124–27

beatings, 107, 112, 114, 116, 117–18, 120, 124–25

Checka/Checkists, 106–7, 110, 111, 113–14, 115, 118, 120, 124, 126, 127

confessions, 111–12, 116–18, 125, 126

counterrevolutionary activities, 113–14, 115–16, 117–18, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127

death sentences, 126

Dresher, Grigorii, 114–16, 117–18, 119–20, 124, 125

executions/executioners, 109, 112, 118–19, 124

Ezhov, Nikolai and, 110–11, 114

interrogations, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111–13, 114–17, 119–20, 121, 122, 124–25, 126

interrogations by Pertsov, 116–21

introduction to, 16

investigations and incriminatory material, 113–16

investigations of Pertsov, 122–23

Kobyzev, Grigorii, 118–21, 123, 125

purge of Ukrainian NKVD, 110–11

sentencing of Pertsov, 127

Sereda, Iakov, 106, 113–14, 119–21, 124–25

socialist legality violations, 106, 125

Teleshev, Grigorii, 63–64, 113–14, 116–18, 121, 124, 125

testimony against of Pertsov, 111–13

torture, 109, 111, 119–20, 123, 126

Uspenskii, Aleksander and, 109–11, 113, 116, 118, 121–23, 126, 127

witnesses/witness testimony, 117–18

Petrov, G. N., 13–14

Petrov, Nikita, 49

Pivchikov, I. M., 138–39, 141, 148, 150

Pogrebnyi, Nikolai, 118

Poiasov, A. F., 91–93, 95

Polish Military Organization, 3–4, 30–31, 117–18, 161, 162

Polish operation (00485), 3–4, 16, 117–18, 160, 161

Politburo, 3, 27, 28, 190

Politburo of the Central Committee in Moscow, 26–27

Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, 26–27, 72

Politburo of the Communist Party of Ukraine, 3–4, 26–27, 28, 31, 64

Poltava Oblast UNKVD, 111–12

Postoev, Pavel, 168

preliminary investigations, 89, 90–91, 97, 175–76, 195

Prishivtsyn, Anton Iakovlevich, 14–15, 29, 37–39, 40–42, 43–44

prison operating procedure violations, 173

Pugach, P. K., 83–84

purge of the purgers, 1–2, 5–6, 9–10, 11, 14–15, 16, 17, 44–45, 52, 63, 98

Red Army

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 138, 140, 142–43, 149

introduction to, 3–4, 5

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 187, 189

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 82, 87, 93–94

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 68

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 24, 27

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 158–59, 164–65

Reder, 35, 37–38, 39–40

Reich Main Security Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt), 24–25

Remov-Poberëzkin, N. A., 178f, 178–79

Reshetilo, F., 36, 39–40, 42–44

Romanov, Nikolai Alekseevich, 140–41, 142–43, 144, 145–46

Rozanov, A. B., 51

Rudnyi, A. E., 83–84

Russian civil war, 27, 68–69, 136, 138, 140, 143, 145, 150–51, 187, 196

Russian Social-Democratic Workers Party (RSDRP), 186

Samarin, G. I., 56

Senkevich, I. F., 57–58, 60

sentenced to death. See death sentences

Sereda, Iakov, 106, 113–14, 119–21, 124–25. See also Pertsov, David tribunal

Shapiro, Isaak, 106–7, 121

Shchegolevskii, Zinovii, 116–17

Shirin, Lazar’, 37–41, 42, 110

Shpak, S. Ia., 56–57, 60–61, 62, 63–64

sittings, 57

Skralivetskii, Vul’f, 116

Skrypnik, Vasilii, 165, 168

Smirnov, Sergei, 110–11

socialist legality violations

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 134, 140–41, 147

introduction to, 5, 8–10, 11–13

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 185–86, 194–96

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD and, 15–16, 77–78, 89–90, 96–97, 98–99

Odessa Oblast NKVD and, 49, 50, 52–54, 55–56, 57, 59, 60–61, 63, 64, 72

Pertsov, David tribunal, 16, 106, 125

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and, 34, 36, 40, 44–45

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 179–80

special troikas, 4, 31, 79, 114, 163–65, 166

spravka document, 9–10, 145

standings, 57

Starovoit, A. I., 58–59, 67

Starygin, P. I., 83

Styrne, Vladimir, 108

Taruts, Ivan, 112

Teleshev, Grigorii, 63–64, 113–14, 116–18, 121, 124, 125

test of fortitude, 169–70

Tevosian, I. F., 83–84

Tiagin, N. M., 53–56, 61, 63, 64

Timoshenko, Grigorii, 159, 169, 170, 172, 178–79

Tomin, Aleksei, 161

torture

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 134, 138

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 187–88, 195, 196

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 77–78, 91, 98

in obtaining confessions, 12–13, 16

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 52, 53, 59–60, 67, 68, 69–70

Pertsov, David tribunal, 109, 111, 119–20, 123, 126

of prisoners, 176

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 31, 36, 38, 39–40, 42

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 156, 167–68, 176

Trotskyists, 12–13, 50, 55, 111, 113, 116–17, 120, 122, 187, 195–96

Trotskyite groups

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 189–90, 196

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 77–78, 81–85, 88, 98, 99

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 50, 56, 65–66

Pertsov, David tribunal, 109

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 29–30, 42–43

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 160, 168, 170–71, 174

Trushkin, Iakov Luk’ianovich, 79, 82–84, 86–88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93–94, 95–96

Tsirul’nitskii, Mikhail Mikhailovich, 138, 144, 148, 150

Ukraine SSR Criminal Code, 195–96

Ukrainian Communist Party, 32, 57, 66, 117–18, 119, 121, 124

Ukrainian NKVD, 55–111

UNKVD Communist Party, 159

unlawful investigations, 89–90, 167–68

Uspenskii, Aleksander

escape of, 19n.28

impact of, 5, 11, 13, 14–15

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal and, 190

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD and, 83–84, 90–91, 92–93

Odessa Oblast NKVD and, 51, 63

Pertsov, David tribunal and, 109–11, 113, 116, 118, 121–23, 126, 127

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev and, 26–27, 28–29, 30, 31–32, 35, 39, 40, 44

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD and, 156–57, 160, 166–67, 173, 175–76

Vasilenko, N., 37–38, 135, 136, 139

Viatkin, Grigorii, 16, 157–59, 161, 163–65, 167–68, 173, 175, 177–78

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev

beatings, 32, 33–40

Checka/Checkists, 26, 27–28, 29–32, 35–36, 38–40, 41, 44

concentration camps, 44

confessions, 30–31, 37–38, 42–43

counterrevolutionary activity, 30, 33–34, 36, 37–38, 42

death sentences, 29, 31, 36, 40–41, 42–43

executions/executioners, 24–25, 26–27, 31, 34, 36, 40, 41–45

Ezhov, Nikolai and, 26–29, 31–32, 35, 40, 44

interrogations, 26, 31, 33–34, 36, 38–40, 42

introduction to, 14–15, 24–25

Prishivtsyn, Anton Iakovlevich, 14–15, 29, 37–39, 40–42, 43–44

punishment of executioners, 41–45

Red Army, 24, 27

socialist legality violations, 34, 36, 40, 44–45

torture and, 31, 36, 38, 39–40, 42

tribunals by, 39–41

Uspenskii, Aleksander and, 26–27, 28–29, 30, 31–32, 35, 39, 40, 44

witnesses/witness testimony, 25, 34, 39–41

Vinnitsa Oblast Party Committee, 32, 35, 39–40

Vodkin, I. G., 38–39

Voiteru, Viktor, 168

Voronin, Konstantin Afanas’evich, 85, 86, 87–88, 91, 93–94, 95–96, 194

vulgar insults, 57

Vyshinskii, Andrei, 4, 7, 8–9, 36–37, 52, 177, 195

witnesses/witness testimony

Fleishman, O. S. and Krivtsov, M. M. tribunal, 134, 136–37, 139–40, 141–43, 144–47, 148, 151

introduction to, 1–2, 6–7, 13, 15–16

Kocherginskii, Georgii tribunal, 191, 194–95, 196

Nikolaev Oblast NKVD, 78–79, 83, 86, 88–89, 90, 95, 98

Odessa Oblast NKVD, 52, 56–57, 59, 63, 64, 68

Pertsov, David tribunal, 117–18

Vinnitsa Oblast NKVD and Korablev, 25, 34, 39–41

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD, 161, 173–74, 175–77

Zaputriaev, Aleksandr Mikhailovich, 29–30, 39

Zhitomir Oblast NKVD/UNKVD

beatings, 157, 163, 166, 167–68, 173, 176

beginning of investigation, 157–59

Checka/Checkists, 156, 167, 169, 174, 175–76

completion of investigation, 169–71

confessions, 156, 162, 166, 175–76

counterrevolutionary activities, 156, 160, 161, 162, 165, 168, 175

death sentences, 169, 170, 176–77, 178–80

executions/executioners, 156, 157–59, 163, 164, 165, 168–70, 172, 174, 176, 178–79

expansion of investigation, 163–68

Ezhov, Nikolai and, 161, 167–68

Gluzman, Mikhail case, 171–75

Grishin, Grigorii, case, 160–62, 175–80

interrogations, 162, 164–65, 167–68, 173

introduction to, 16, 156–57

Red Army and, 158–59, 164–65

socialist legality violations, 156, 179–80

torture, 156, 167–68, 176

Uspenskii, Aleksander and, 156–57, 160, 166–67, 173, 175–76

Viatkin, Grigorii and, 157–59, 161, 163–65, 167–68, 173, 175, 177–78

witnesses/witness testimony, 161, 173–74, 175–77

Zionists, 36, 50, 54–56, 110, 113, 116–17

Zlobinskii, A. M., 83–84

Zub, Nikolai, 163–64, 165, 176–77, 178–79