045: Utta. Utta Ulyana Andreevna (1890-1942). Personal file of a prisoner
Born in 1890 in the village of Zasimovka, Emilchinsky district, Zhitomir region, German, citizen of the USSR, semi-literate, in 1937 her husband was repressed for counter-revolutionary activities. Lived in the village of Zasimovka, a member of the Engels collective farm of the Zasimovsky village council. Arrested on July 3, 1941, charged with a crime under Article 54-10 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR. Accused of "writing slanderous letters to Germany to her own sister, asking to petition the German fascist government for permission to leave for Germany," in 1933-1935 received assistance from there. She was transferred via Novocherkassk prison in the Rostov region to prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO (city of Tomsk). She died in the prison hospital on March 2, 1942.
Composition of case documents:
- Prisoner's personal file: Ulyana Andreevna Utta. File cover.
- Registration card / Internal inventory.
- Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure. Gorodnitsa, July 3, 1941.
- Order No. 32 for the admission of an arrested person to prison. Zhytomyr Oblast, July 4, 1941.
- Fingerprint card (Form No. 2). Novocherkassk, July 19, 1941.
- Medical section of the personal record. Novocherkassk, July 1941.
- Sanitary passport of a prisoner.
Chronology based on case documents:
1890 — year of birth (doc. 3).
1937 - husband repressed (doc. 3)
July 3, 1941 — arrest warrant issued; prisoner's personal file opened (Doc. 1, 3)
July 5, 1941 – arrest authorized; placed in prison no. 3 ??? (doc. 2)
July 15, 1941 – arrived at the prison in Novocherkassk (Doc. 2)
July 19, 1941 – fingerprint card completed, Novocherkassk (Doc. 5)
October 20, 1941 – transfer (from Novocherkassk prison) (Doc. 7)
December 9, 1941 - arrived at prison No. 3 Tomsk (doc. 2);
March 2, 1942 – death. The prisoner’s personal file was completed (Doc. 1, 2).
List of persons named in the case:
- Utta Ulyana Andreevna is a prisoner and a defendant in the case.
- Bolsunovsky, an operative of the Gorodnitsky MRO NKGB, drew up the resolution.
- Logvinenko, Chief of the Gorodnitsky District Department of the NKGB, Junior Lieutenant of the State Security Service, approved the resolution.
- Martynov, Head of the NKGB Directorate for Zhytomyr Oblast and Captain of State Security, approved the resolution.
- [last name not given] - Regional Prosecutor, arrest authorized.
- Kosenko is the doctor who conducted the examination, Novocherkassk
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)
Utta Ulyana Andreevna, Фигурант дела / документа
A resident of the Zhitomir region. Arrested in July 1941. Died in the Tomsk prison hospital (1942)
Born in 1890 in the village of Zasimovka, Emilchinsky district, Zhitomir region, German, citizen of the USSR, semi-literate, in 1937 her husband was repressed for counter-revolutionary activities. Lived in the village of Zasimovka, a member of the Engels collective farm of the Zasimovsky village council. Arrested on July 3, 1941, charged with a crime under Article 54-10 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR. Accused of "writing slanderous letters to Germany to her own sister, asking to petition the German fascist government for permission to leave for Germany," in 1933-1935 received assistance from there. She was transferred via Novocherkassk prison in the Rostov region to prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO (city of Tomsk). She died in the prison hospital on March 2, 1942.
Source: Archival file of prisoner U. A. Utta // Archive of the Memorial Museum "NKVD Investigative Prison"
Documents (7)
001. Prisoner's personal file: Ulyana Andreevna Utta. File cover
The front cover of an archival personal file. Contains basic identification information, the archive number, and the file's start/end dates.
Full transcript:
Secret
Prisoner's personal file
Utta Ulyana Andreevna
Started July 3, 1941
Completed March 2, 1942
Arch. No. 1251
List of persons:
- Utta Ulyana Andreevna is a prisoner and a defendant in the case.
Source information:
Format: Hand-filled printed form.
Signatures: None.
Condition: Fair, text faded in places.
002. Registration card / Internal inventory
Internal file sheet indicating the place of detention and registration data.
Full transcript:
PRISON OF THE NKVD OF THE UKRAINIAN SSR
According to acceptance log No. 17485
CASE of the arrested person 7235 <crossed out>
Last name: Utta
Name: Ulyana Andreevna
When arrived: 5/VII 41 [Handwritten note in numbers]: 235
tel. No. 3, Novocherkassk No. 3. Rostov 15/VII-41(?)
Prison No. 3 9/XII-41 20.171
When arrested: [not filled in]
When dropped out and reason: [not filled in]
Started: [not filled]
Completed: [not filled]
On __ pages
List of persons:
- Utta Ulyana Andreevna is a prisoner.
Source information:
Format: Printed form, completed by hand (ink, pencil).
Signatures: None.
Condition: Average readability, handwriting is fluent.
Litters:
Top center, pencil: " 2-27 "; top left, ink: " 2 / III 42 / died "; top left, pencil: " [illegible] /4-8 "; center, left, blue pencil: " 76 "; bottom center, ink: " written off / 2/III 42 signature"; bottom center, red pencil: "I-I"; bottom left, vertically, ink, illegible: "Notification [illegible] / [illegible] Novosibirsk / [illegible] / V (?)-42 signature".
Stamp: "Re-registered in 1941"
003. Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure. Gorodnitsa, July 3, 1941.
A key procedural document outlining the nature of the charges and the decision to arrest. It contains biographical information, the charges (anti-Soviet agitation, connection with her repressed husband, and praise of Hitler), and the prosecutor's sanction.
Full transcript:
"I APPROVE"
Head of the NKGB Directorate for Zhytomyr Oblast
Captain of State Security [Signature] /MARTYNOV/
" 5 “ _______ 1941
I authorize the arrest.
Regional Prosecutor [Signature]
5/VII 1941
RESOLUTION (on the selection of a preventive measure)
City. m. Gorodnitsa July 3, 1941 I, authorized by the KRO NKGB of the Ukrainian SSR BOLSUNOVSKY , having reviewed the materials received by the NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR on criminal activity:
Last name: UTTA
Name and patronymic: ULYANA ANDREEVNA
Year of birth: 1890 Place of birth: Zasimovka village, Emilchinsky district, Zhytomyr region
Profession and specialty: ordinary collective farm worker
Place of work and position: Engels collective farm, Zasimovsky village council, party non-party
Education: m/literate Nationality: German Citizenship: USSR
Marital status: Married
Address: Zasimovka village, Emilchinsky district, Zhytomyr region
FOUND: that UTTA is suspected of crimes under Article 54-10 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR and taking into account that UTTA, while at large, may evade investigation .
UTTA U. A. Her husband was repressed by the NKVD in 1937 for counterrevolutionary activities. She wrote slanderous letters to her sister in Germany and asked her to petition the Nazi government for permission to leave the USSR for Germany. She also received Nazi aid from 1933 to 1935 [inaudible].
guided by Articles 143, 145 and 156 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ukrainian SSR.
RESOLVED:
Preventive measures against methods of evading investigation and trial
Utta Ulyana Andreevna
Choose detention, which the arrested person must announce to the detainee against signature in this resolution. In accordance with Article 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ukrainian SSR, a copy of the resolution must be sent to the Prosecutor and given to the prison warden for inclusion in the prison personnel file.
Opera authorized representative of the Gorodnitsky MRO NKGB [Signature] /BOLSUNOVSKY/
Agree: Head of the Gorodnitsky MRO NKGB
Junior Lieutenant of State Security [Signature] /LOGVINENKO/
This resolution was announced to me by: [Signature missing or illegible]
List of persons:
- Utta Ulyana Andreevna is the accused.
- Bolsunovsky, an operative of the Gorodnitsky MRO NKGB, drew up the resolution.
- Logvinenko, Chief of the Gorodnitsky District Department of the NKGB, Junior Lieutenant of the State Security Service, approved the resolution.
- Martynov, Head of the NKGB Directorate for Zhytomyr Oblast and Captain of State Security, approved the resolution.
- [last name not given] - Regional Prosecutor, arrest authorized.
Source information:
Format: Printed form (Form No. 2), completed on a typewriter.
Signatures are autographs.
Condition: The typewritten text is faded in places and contains typos.
Seals: certify the signatures of those authorizing the arrest. Text is illegible.
004. Order No. 32 for the admission of an arrested person to prison. Zhytomyr Oblast, July 4, 1941
A document-order to the prison director regarding the admission of an arrested person.
Full transcript:
U.S.S.R.
PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIA OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
STATE SECURITY DEPARTMENT for Zhytomyr Oblast
Order slip No. 32
July 4, 1941
TO THE PRISON DUTY OFFICER
Receive the arrested Utta Ulyana Andreevna and enroll her in the KRO department of the UGB NKVD.
Reference
Head of the NKVD Directorate for Zhytomyr Oblast [Signature illegible]
Head of the Second Department of the UGB NKVD [Signature illegible]
List of persons:
- Utta Ulyana Andreevna - arrested.
- Head of the NKVD - signatory (signature).
- Head of the 2nd Department of the UGB NKVD - signatory (signature).
Source information:
Format: Cut-off coupon (printed form), filled out by hand.
Signatures: Two signatures of officials (ink).
Condition: Good.
Marks: None.
Stamps/seals: None.
005. Fingerprint card (Form No. 2). Novocherkassk, July 19, 1941.
A card with the prisoner's fingerprints and basic information.
Full transcript:
Form No. 2
Last name: Utta
Name: Ulyana
Patronymic: Andreevna
Year of birth: 1890 Place of birth: Emilchinsky district, Zhitomir
[Completed fingerprint card]
The card was filled out on July 19, 1941, in the NKVD Prison in Novocherkassk.
Map compiled by: signature
Checked: [not filled]
Signature of the registered person: Incomplete
List of persons:
- Utta Ulyana Andreevna is a prisoner.
- [Last name not given] - Prison officer.
Source information:
Format: Printed form No. 2 "GOZNAK 1940", filled in by hand.
Signatures: Signatures of employees. Instead of the prisoner's signature, the inscription "Illiterate."
Condition: Fingerprints are clear. The text is filled in neat handwriting.
Marks: None.
Stamps/seals: None.
006. Medical section of the personal form. Novocherkassk, July 1941
Medical report on the prisoner's health condition.
Full transcript:
MEDICAL SECTION
personal form (file) Utta Ulyana Andreevna II
REGISTERED FOR: Malaria, syphilis, gonorrhea, mental illness, epilepsy, trachoma (underline as appropriate, write in and underline as missing) [Nothing underlined]
[Inspection Table]
Month and date: ?5/VII 41
Name of medical institution: Novocherkassk prison.
Diagnosis, hospitalization, category, signature of the healthcare professional:
54 years old. Myocarditis. Suitable for light physical labor. Vr. Kosenko.
List of persons:
- Kosenko is the doctor who conducted the examination.
- Utta U.A. is a patient.
Source information:
Printed form, handwritten text.
Doctor's signature - autograph
Condition: The diagnosis text is readable.
Marks: None.
Stamps/seals: None.
007. Sanitary passport of a prisoner
Prisoner sanitary treatment sheet (bath, disinfection).
Full transcript:
Sanitary passport of a prisoner
Last name: Utta
Name: Yulia Patronymic: Andr Age: [not filled in]
[Sanitary treatment table]
Name of M.Z. [and signatures]
[inaudible] inspection Upon arrival - 15/VII 41 Upon transfer - 20(?) /X 41
[inaudible] signature in the bathhouse signature
[inaudible] underwear
[unbreakable] disinfectant.
[The remaining columns are empty]
List of persons:
- Utta Ulyana is a prisoner.
Source information:
Format: Hand-filled printed form.
Signatures are autographs.
Condition: good
Marks: None.
Stamps/seals: None.
