Stalin and the Lubianka: A Documentary History of the Political Police and Security Organs in the Soviet Union, 1922–1953 by David R. Shearer & Vladimir Khaustov

Stalin and the Lubianka: A Documentary History of the Political Police and Security Organs in the Soviet Union, 1922–1953 by David R. Shearer & Vladimir Khaustov

Author:David R. Shearer & Vladimir Khaustov [Shearer, David R. & Khaustov, Vladimir]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern, 20th Century, Political Science, Political Ideologies, Communism; Post-Communism & Socialism, Security (National & International)
ISBN: 9780300210712
Google: 10TwBQAAQBAJ
Publisher: YaleUP
Published: 2014-11-28T21:50:07+00:00


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Coded telegram from I. V. Stalin to members of the Politburo of TsK of VKP(b)

on appointment of N. Yezhov as Commissar of Internal Affairs.7

25 September 1936

First. We consider it absolutely necessary and urgent to appoint comrade Yezhov to the position of Narkomvnudel [People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs]. Yagoda clearly is not keeping on top of the task of uncovering the Trotsky-Zinoviev Bloc. The OGPU was four years late in this business. All partrabotniki [Party workers] and the majority of oblast representatives of Narkomvnudel talk about this. It is possible to keep Agranov as Yezhov’s deputy at Nakorkomvnudel.

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