035: Fedorzo. Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich (1919–1941). Prisoner's personal file
Fedorco Mikhail Mikhailovich was born in 1919 (1917), in the village of Gankovice (Honkovce, Gankovce, Hánkovce, Choňkovce) in the Sobrance District of the Kingdom of Hungary.* He is a Slovak by nationality, a citizen of Hungary, has primary education, is a merchant, and is single.
Detained by the 94th border detachment on September 11, 1940 for attempting to cross the state border.
On September 20, an arrest warrant was signed (Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR), Fedortso was detained at the location of the border detachment (the city of Skole, Stryi district, Lviv region), and on December 17, 1940, he was imprisoned in Prison No. 4 in the city of Stryi in the western part of the Ukrainian SSR.
On May 16, 1941, the case was sent to a Special Meeting of the NKVD, but there is no information about the sentence handed down in the prisoner's file. Scattered documents in the case trace Fedortso M.M.'s movements between prisons in Zhitomir, Dnepropetrovsk, and Novocherkassk. In October 1941, a personal file certificate was prepared for transfer to Ust-Kamenogorsk, but there is no confirmation of his presence there.
On December 9, 1941, defendant Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso arrived at prison No. 3 of the NKVD Novosibirsk Region in Tomsk, and a week later, on December 16, 1941, the prisoner’s personal file was written off due to his death.
*Currently part of Slovakia.
Inventory of documents in the case:
- Prisoner's personal file: Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. Title page
- Prisoner's personal file: Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. Title page 2
- Map for the transfer of a prisoner to the Ust-Kamenogorsk prison. Novocherkassk, October 10, 1941.
- Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure. September 20–25, 1940.
- Receipt for arrest warrant no. 4091. ?, September 11, 1940.
- Certificate of medical examination. December 1940.
- Fingerprint card of prisoner Fedortso. December 4, 1940.
- Search protocol. Stryi, December 19, 1940.
- Secret message to the Warden of the prison regarding the referral of the case to the Special Council. Zhitomir, May 26, 1941.
- Medical section of the form. Novocherkassk, July 20, 1941.
- Certificate for personal file No. 275 of convicted prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso (Form No. 3) for transfer to Novocherkassk prison. Dnepropetrovsk, June–July 1941.
- Registration card of prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. [Location not specified], December 17, 1940.
- Photos of prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso in his personal file.
- Back cover of the file. May 16, 1941.
Chronology of the case documents:
- 1919 (1917) – year of birth of Fedorzo Mikhail Mikhailovich (doc. 3);
- September 11, 1940 - arrest warrant, signed by the head of the 94th border detachment (doc. 5);
- September 20, 1940 — date of opening of the prisoner’s personal file (Doc. 1);
- September 20–23, 1940 — Arrest order (Doc. 4);
- December 4, 1940 - fingerprint card filled out, border detachment of the city of Skole (doc. 7);
- December 17, 1940 – date of arrival at Prison No. 4 in Stryi (doc. 2); Prisoner Registration Card completed (doc. 12);
- December 19, 1940 - protocol of the search in the prison in Stryi (doc. 8);
- May 16, 1941 - the case was sent to the Special Meeting of the NKVD; imprisoned in the Zhitomir prison (Doc. 9);
- June–July 1941 — staging Dnepropetrovsk — Novocherkassk (dock 11);
- July 18, 1941 – date of arrival at Prison No. 3 in Novocherkassk (doc. 2);
- July 20, 1941 – medical examination in the Novocherkassk prison (doc. 10);
- October 10, 1941 — preparation for the Novocherkassk-Ust-Kamenogorsk convoy (doc. 3);
- December 9, 1941 – date of arrival at Prison No. 3 in Tomsk (doc. 2);
- December 16, 1941 – date of death and write-off of the case, Tomsk
List of persons in the document:
- Fedorco Mikhail Mikhailovich (Fedorco Michal) is a prisoner and a defendant in the case.
- Maloy(?) is a doctor from Novocherkassk prison who signed the certificate.
The file was discovered by chance in the damp basement of Pretrial Detention Center No. 1, some 80 years after its establishment. It is in poor condition, its pages eaten away by fungus and falling apart. Museum staff attempted to dry the documents and make copies.
Names (1)
Fedorzo Mikhail Mikhailovich, Фигурант дела / документа
Hungarian citizen. Prisoner of Tomsk prison in 1941
Fedorco Mikhail Mikhailovich was born in 1919 (1917), in the village of Gankovice (Honkovce, Gankovce, Hánkovce, Choňkovce) in the Sobrance District of the Kingdom of Hungary.* He is a Slovak by nationality, a citizen of Hungary, has primary education, is a merchant, and is single.
He was detained by the 94th Border Detachment on September 11, 1940, for attempting to cross the state border. On September 20, an arrest warrant was signed (Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR), and Fedortso was detained at the border detachment's location (in the town of Skole, Stryi district, Lviv region). On December 17, 1940, he was imprisoned in Prison No. 4 in Stryi, western Ukraine.
On May 16, 1941, the case was sent to a Special Meeting of the NKVD, but there is no information about the sentence handed down in the prisoner's file. Scattered documents in the case trace Fedortso M.M.'s movements between prisons in Zhitomir, Dnepropetrovsk, and Novocherkassk. In October 1941, a personal file certificate was prepared for transfer to Ust-Kamenogorsk, but there is no confirmation of his presence there.
On December 9, 1941, defendant Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso arrived at prison No. 3 of the NKVD Novosibirsk Region in Tomsk, and a week later, on December 16, 1941, the prisoner’s personal file was written off due to his death.
*Currently part of Slovakia.
Source: Archival file of prisoner M.M. Fedortso // Archive of the Memorial Museum "NKVD Investigative Prison"
Documents (14)
001. Prisoner's personal file: Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. Title page
Prisoner's personal file
Fedorzo Mikhail Mikhailovich
Started on September 20, 1940.
Finished - [empty]
Arch. No. 370
002. Prisoner's personal file: Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. Title page 2
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[Table]
Prison No. 4, Stryi City. Arrival date: December 17, 1940. Personal file number: [empty]
Prison No. 3, Novocherkassk. Date of arrival: July 18, 1941. Personal file number: 18987.
Prison No. 3, Tomsk. Arrival date: 9/XII-41. Personal file number: 20330.
Personal file No. [number crossed out]
not a prisoner
Last name: Fedorzo
Name: Mikhail Patronymic: Mikhailovich
Document Information:
A typographic form, completed by hand. In average condition, some parts are missing.
Notes: at the top in red pencil: " Died... "; in the center the document number is indicated several times, all crossed out; after the last name the inscription: " Decommissioned / 16/XII - signature"; at the bottom in pencil: " 2-44 (crossed out)";
stamp at the bottom of the document: CARD F. No. 1 / [illegible] and [illegible] dep. NKVD / for Rostov region / "___" ________ 194_"
List of persons in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich is a defendant in the case.
003. Map for the transfer of a prisoner to the Ust-Kamenogorsk prison. Novocherkassk, October 10, 1941
A completed registration card for prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso, containing basic personal information, information about the sentence, health condition, and distinguishing features.
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[the top of the document is cut off]
<...>
on the prisoner Fedorts Mikhail Mikhailovich .
1. Year of birth: 1919 .
2. Specialty: [empty]
3. Destination: City, village, region, railway station, pier. Through which exchange points: Zashchita Tomsk Railway station.
4. To whose disposal should he be placed (to which camp, prison, NKVD agency, police): Head of the Ust-Kamenogorsk prison.
5. Reason for dispatch (order, instruction, etc.): [empty].
6. A person under investigation, convicted or exiled: an investigator.
7. By which judicial body, when, under what article of the Criminal Code and for what term was he sentenced: Article 80 of the Criminal Code
8. Convoy type: regular, reinforced, motives: regular.
9. Distinguishing features of the prisoner: [empty].
Doctor's mark.
a) About the prisoner’s health: Healthy.
b) On passing sanitary treatment: Passed the temporary commission
c) About the sanitary condition of the prison: There are no epidemic diseases.
Marks on insertion of fingerprint card: [stamp:] Fingerprinted.
Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD
10/X-41
/ Secretary Signature
List of persons in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich - prisoner, defendant in the case.
Source information:
Source format: Hand-filled printed form;
secretary's signature - autograph;
The document's condition and readability: Poor condition, the document is cut off at the top, wrinkled, some entries are difficult to read.
Note: triangular stamp in the upper left part of the sheet: “ Chancery of the Main Directorate of the NKVD. ... Prison ... ”.
004. Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure. ?, September 20–25, 1940
A decision to initiate a criminal case and select a preventive measure in the form of detention for citizen Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortsov, suspected of a crime under Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR, since, if at liberty, he may abscond from the investigation and trial.
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Form No. 2
"I approve"
[illegible] affairs of the Ukrainian SSR Signature
[unknown date] 1940
The seal (top left): "NKVD USSR / 94th Border Detachment"
"I authorize the arrest"
Signature 23 [illegible] 194 0
The official seal in two languages [partially legible]: “Prosecutor’s Office of the USSR. Prosecutor S[illegible].”
RESOLUTION
(on the selection of a preventive measure)
[inaudible] “ 20 ” September 1940 I, an employee of the [inaudible] border detachment of the NKVD of the USSR [last name inaudible], having reviewed the materials received by the NKVD on criminal activity:
Surname Fedorzo
Name and patronymic of Mikhail Mikhailovich
Year of birth 1919 Place of birth: Gankovitsy village(?), Sobransky(?) district, Hungary
Occupation and specialty: merchant
Place of work and position: at place of residence
part. b/p
Education: 4th grade. Nationality: Slovak , Hungarian citizenship.
Social status : single
Place of residence: village of Galkovitsy (Rankonytsy?), Sobransky(?) district, Hungary
It was established that FEDORTSOV is suspected of crimes under Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR and taking into account that FEDORTSOV
while at liberty, he may abscond from investigation and trial, guided by Articles 143, 145 and 156 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ukrainian SSR,
R E S O L L I N G:
Preventive measures against Mikhail Mikhailovich FEDORTSOV's evasion of investigation and trial
choose detention, which must be announced to the arrested person in writing in the order.
In accordance with Article 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ukrainian SSR, a copy of the resolution shall be sent to the Prosecutor [unclear] to the head of the prison for attachment to the personal prison file.
Investigator signature / K[illegible] /
“Agreed” Chief of the next unit, technical int. 2nd rank signature /F[illegible]/
This resolution was announced to me on September 25 , 1940 .
Fedorсo Michol?
List of persons in the document:
- Fedorco Mikhail Mikhailovich (Fedorco Michol) - a suspect in respect of whom a preventive measure was chosen; signed a receipt acknowledging the decision was announced to him;
other signatures and positions not identified.
Source information:
Printed form (Form No. 2), filled out by typewriter. Signatures are autographs.
The document's condition and legibility: Satisfactory, with signs of folds and wear.
Seals and stamps:
- The official seal (top left) confirms the signature of the document’s approval: “NKVD USSR / 94th Border Detachment”;
- The official seal (top right) in two languages, secures the signature of the prosecutor [partially legible]: “Prosecutor’s Office of the USSR. Prosecutor S[illegible].”
005. Receipt for arrest warrant no. 4091. ?, September 11, 1940.
Receipt (tear-off part of the warrant) for the arrest of Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso, issued by the NKVD.
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U R S R [Ukrainian SSR]
COMMISSARIAT OF INTERNAL REFERENCES [COMISSARIAT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY [DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY]
[unintelligible] order No. 4091 [Order receipt]
September 11, 1940
[inaudible] arrested [arrested]
Fedorts Mikhail Mikhailovich
[unclear] under the department of UDB UNKVS [department of the State Security Directorate of the UNKVD]
[inaudible]
[for] Chief of the 94th Regiment, captain's signature
[The following is the tear-off part of the form, not filled in]
RECEIPT to order No. [RECEIPT to order No.]
arrested
having accepted [accepted]
Commandant of the NKVS URSR [Commandant of the NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR]
«____» ___________ 194____ p.
List of persons in the document:
- Fedorts Mikhail Mikhailovich - arrested, a defendant in the case.
Source information:
A printed form in Ukrainian, completed by hand. Signature – autograph;
signature of the Commandant of the NKVS of the URSR - missing.
The document's condition and legibility: Good, the left side is partially hidden by a fold.
An imprint of the official seal, partially legible: "94th Border Detachment of the NKVD of the USSR..."
Note (next to the receipt number): "2".
006. Certificate of medical examination, December 1940
A certificate of medical examination and vaccinations for prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. Apparently issued to permit transfer to another prison.
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REFERENCE
[unintelligible] Fedorzo Mikhail Mikhailovich
Passed medical examination.
Result of medical examination.
[inaudible] health Health
[inaudible] to physical labor (heavy , medium, and light, depending on the specialty). (underlined - to heavy. - E.B. )
[inaudible] can follow.
[inaudible] against [inaudible], typhus and [inaudible] typhus and dysentery has been carried out. Sanitary treatment has been carried out.
[inaudible] there were no epidemic diseases in the prison for two weeks.
[illegible] December 1940 signature
[inaudible]
Source information:
Typewritten text, not the first copy, printed on a letterhead unrelated to the case. Full name of the prisoner, examination result, and signature – autograph. Document condition: typewritten text is poorly legible; the position and last name of the official who signed the document are illegible. Note: in green pencil after the full name: "5."
List of persons mentioned in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich is a defendant in the case.
007. Fingerprint card of prisoner Fedortso. ?, December 4, 1940
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Form No. 2
Gender: Male
Surname Fedorzo
Name: Mikhail
Patronymic Mikhailovich
Year of birth: 1919
Place of birth: HonKovc (?) region, Sobranshch, Hungary
[fingerprint card table]
The map was filled in on 4(?) December 12, 1940 in the border detachment of the NKVD in the city of Skole
The map was created by a fingerprint scanner
Checked [empty]
Signature of registered Fedorco Michal
List of persons in the document:
- Fedorts Mikhail Mikhailovich - arrested, a defendant in the case.
Source information:
A printed form, filled out by hand, including fingerprints. The signature of the registered person is an autograph.
008. Search protocol. Stryi, December 19, 1940
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Protocol of search of prisoner
1. One trouser belt
2. One rubber band
3. [unintelligible] two
4. Portfolio
Searched the signature
Signature of prisoner Fedorco
12/19/40
List of persons in the document:
- Fedorts Mikhail Mikhailovich - arrested, a defendant in the case.
Source Information
The manuscript is written in pencil. The prisoner's signature is an autograph. The document is in satisfactory condition. Note: "8" in green pencil.
009. Top secret message to the Warden of the prison regarding the referral of the case to the Special Council. Zhitomir, May 26, 1941.
Top secret message (reference) from the 1st Special Department of the NKVD Directorate for Zhitomir Oblast to the Head of the Prison on the completion of the investigative case against Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso and its referral for consideration by the Special Council of the NKVD of the USSR, with an order to transfer the arrested person to the custody of the Special Council.
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May 26, 1941
No. 50084
Zhitomir city.
Top secret
TO THE PRISON CHIEF
Zhitomir city
We inform you that the following case against Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso has been completed and sent to the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR on May 16, 1941, which Fedortso will inform you about. The arrested Fedortso will be listed at the Special Meeting.
HEAD OF THE 1ST SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NKVD FOR THE RESIDENTIAL REGION
Junior Lieutenant of State Security signature /Skorokhod/
Senior detective
Junior Lieutenant of the State Security Service signature /Stolyarenko/
List of persons in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich - arrested, a defendant in the case.
- [last name not given] - Head of the Zhitomir prison, addressee of the document;
- Skorokhod - Chief of the 1st Special Department of the NKVD Directorate for Zhitomir Oblast, Junior Lieutenant of State Security, signed a certificate on sending the case for consideration by the OS;
- Stolyarenko, Senior Operative of the Special Department of the NKVD Directorate for Zhytomyr Oblast, Junior Lieutenant of the State Security Service, signed a certificate sending the case for consideration by the Security Council.
Source information:
Typewritten form, filled out by hand (purple ink). Signatures are autographs.
Document condition and legibility: Fair. Stains and abrasions are visible in the center of the page. Some handwritten inscriptions have been written over the typographic/typewritten text, making them difficult to read. There are no markings. Stamps and seals are missing.
010. Medical section of the form. Novocherkassk, July 20, 1941
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Medical section
[Personal] form (file) Fedortsev Mikhail Mikhailovich
Registered with...: [not filled in]
Date: 20/VII-41
Name of the medical institution: Novocherkassk prison
Diagnosis...: Fit for physical labor / Temporary signature
List of persons in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich - arrested, a defendant in the case.
- Maloy(?) is a doctor from Novocherkassk prison who signed the certificate.
Source information :
A printed form, completed by hand. The doctor's signature is autographed. The document is in satisfactory condition.
011. Certificate for personal file No. 275 for convicted prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso (Form No. 3) for transfer to the Novocherkassk prison. Dnepropetrovsk, June–July 1941
A registration and statistical card for the personal file of prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso, containing basic personal information, information about his sentence, health, and distinguishing marks, as well as information for his search. Used for the prisoner's transfer to the Novocherkassk prison.
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Form No. 3
Personal number of the searcher [empty]
Prison No. 1 of the NKVD in Dnepropetrovsk
Place for a photo
Certificate for personal file No. 275 of convicted Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso
1. Year of birth: 1917
2. Specialty: [empty]
3. Destination. City, village, region, railway station, pier. Via which exchange offices: Novocherkask, Voroshilovskaya railway.
4. To whose disposal should he be placed (to which camp, prison, NKVD agency, police): Prison chief
5. Reason for dispatch (order, instruction, etc.): [empty]
6. A person under investigation, convicted or exiled: investigative
7. By which judicial body, when, under what article of the Criminal Code and for what term of sentence, end of sentence: [empty]
8. Convoy type: regular, reinforced, motives: Reinforced
8. Distinguishing features of the convicted person: [empty]
10. Doctor's notes:
a) about the prisoner’s health: Healthy. Can follow.
b) about passing sanitary treatment: Sanitary treatment passed.
c) on the sanitary well-being of the prison: [empty]
11. Notes on the inclusion of a fingerprint card and a photograph in the file: Fingerprint and photograph cards in the personal file
List of persons in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich is a defendant in the case.
Source information:
A typographic form (Form No. 3), completed by hand (purple ink). Signatures and their form: No signatures (the card was filled out for record keeping, not for signatures). Document condition and legibility: Satisfactory; the paper has a crimson tint; the photograph attached to the form is almost completely lost, with only a small fragment remaining. No annotations.
Round seal (bottom, left), the inscription is partially readable: “ NKVD for Dnepropetrovsk region / Prison No. 1 / Seal for packages No. 1. ”
012. Registration card of prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso. [Location not specified], December 17, 1940.
An alphabetical or registration card containing brief personal data on the prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortsov, including information on the date of arrest, place of birth (Hungary) and the article of the charge (Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR).
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1. Fam. Fedorzo
2. Name: Mikhail
3. Father Mikhailovich
4. Year of birth: 1917 (Correct: 1919. – E.B. )
5. Place of birth: Gankovica village, Sobransky(?) district, Hungary
6. Address: Gankovitsa, Sobransky(?) district
7. Prof. (specialist): merchant
8. Place of work, position: at place of residence
9. Part b/p
10. National Slovak
11. Citizen of Hungary
12. Arrested on September 20, 1940 .
13. Nature of the crime: Illegal crossing of the state border
14. Article 80 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR
15. The card was filled out: 17/XII 1941 (correctly - 1940. - E.B. )
Arrested by: Skole Border Detachment of the NKVD
Card maker's name: signature
List of persons in the document:
- Fedortso Mikhail Mikhailovich - prisoner, defendant in the case.
Source information:
A typographic form (registration/alphabetical card), completed by hand (purple ink). The author's signature is an autograph, without decipherment.
The state of preservation of the document and its readability: Satisfactory.
Presence of litters: No litters.
Presence of stamps and seals: There are no stamps or seals.
013. Photos of prisoner Mikhail Mikhailovich Fedortso in his personal file
2 prison photographs in the prisoner's personal file.
The last photo is restoration and retouching.
014. Back cover of the file. May 16, 1941
The date of sending the case of Fedorzo M.M. for consideration by the Special Conference is indicated as May 16, 1941.
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16/V–41 Special meeting
Document Information:
Handwritten text. Note: date underlined in green pencil.
