001. List of command personnel of the Siberian Military District who were repressed in 1937–1938.

V. S. Milbach's monograph, "Political Repressions of the Command and Command Staff. 1937-1938. Siberian Military District," is devoted to the issue of political repression of the command and command staff of the Siberian Military District in 1937-1938. The author cites information from previously unpublished sources that help to recreate a historically objective picture of the events, understand the meaning behind the statistics of the repressions, assess the impact of their consequences on the combat readiness of the troops of the Siberian Military District on the eve of World War II, and the impact of the repressions on all sectors of military development.

It is important that the author in this study accomplished the task of not only recreating a historically objective picture of what happened in the Siberian Military District in the period 1937–1938, establishing the real scale of losses among the command staff during the “purge” and assessing the impact of political repression on the combat readiness of troops on the eve of World War II, but also restoring the good name of slandered and unjustifiably repressed commanders and superiors.

In Appendix No. 3 of the book, the author lists the names of 606 commanders and superiors who were subjected to political repression in 1937–1938, i.e., dismissed from the Red Army for political reasons. Of these, at least 541 were arrested. More than half of those arrested were killed. Currently, 310 commanders (chiefs) of the Siberian Military District are known to have died during political repression—executed, killed in prison, or committed suicide. Sixty-six members of the Siberian Military District command staff were sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment under political articles and served their sentences in forced labor camps. A total of 165 commanders (chiefs) were arrested and held in prison for periods ranging from several months to two years.