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1. Letter No. 10/32-015673 dated October 13, 1989, from the USSR KGB Administration for the Leningrad Region to A.G. Sokolsky, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the USSR Academy of Sciences. (response to request No. 11211-401 dated 09/27/1989) about repressed astronomers.

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Varzar Sofia Mikhailovna
Definition: Employee of the Astronomical Institute
Years of life: 1878–1957
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Genus. in 1878 in Moscow; Russian; citizen of the USSR; b/p. Higher education, graduated from the Besstuzhevsky Higher Women's Courses in 1899. Senior research fellow at the Astronomical Institute in Leningrad. Arrested on April 14, 1937 by the NKVD Directorate for the Leningrad Region. on charges of counter-revolutionary activities, sentenced to 6 years in prison followed by loss of license for 3 years. According to the Decree of the Leningrad NKVD Department dated February 26, 1940, the investigation into Varzar’s charges was terminated and she was released from custody. According to the Decree of the Military Prosecutor of the Leningrad Military District dated 06/08/1957. the case against Varzar was dismissed for lack of evidence of a crime.

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1. Letter No. 10/32-015673 dated 10/13/1989 from the USSR KGB Administration for the Leningrad Region to A.G. Sokolsky, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the USSR Academy of Sciences. (response to request No. 11211-401 dated 09/27/1989) about repressed astronomers.