Yakir Petr Ionovich
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Yakir Petr Ionovich
Russian Soviet historian, participant in the human rights movement
Born on January 20, 1923 in the Ukrainian SSR, Kyiv, a Jew, the son of the repressed army commander I.E. Yakira (shot in 1937). The family of the repressed was sent to Astrakhan. Here Pyotr Yakir was repressed, by a resolution of the OSO under the NKVD of the USSR dated May 29, 1938, under Article 58 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, he was sent to a correctional labor camp, released in 1942 (in this case, he was rehabilitated in 1955). Then Pyotr Yakir was drafted into the army, as he knew German and was sent to front-line intelligence, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. Again repressed by the resolution of the OSO NKVD of the USSR dated 02/10/1945 under Art. 58-10 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR was sentenced to 8 years in prison. He served his sentence in Kargopollag (1945-1948), in Vorkutlag (1948-1953) and in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. After his release in 1953, he worked for two more years at the local timber industry enterprise. In 1955 he was rehabilitated and settled in Moscow. Higher education, graduated from the Moscow Institute of History and Archives in 1962, after graduation he worked at the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and studied graduate school there. Founding member of the Initiative Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR. He gave lectures on Stalin's crimes in Moscow and other cities, and participated in the human rights movement (letters of protest, collecting signatures, information about arrests, trials, the situation in the camps). Arrested on June 21, 1972. He pleaded guilty to anti-Soviet agitation and declared his repentance. Sentenced by the Moscow City Court on September 1, 1973 under Article 70 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to 3 years in a penal colony. By the ruling of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR dated September 28, 1973, the term was reduced to the one actually served. He was sent into exile in Ryazan (where he continued to maintain contacts with dissidents). By decree of the PVS of the USSR dated September 16, 1974, he was pardoned. Yakir was allowed to return to Moscow, after which he no longer publicly participated in public activities. Died on November 14, 1982 in Moscow.
The resolution of the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR dated 02/10/1945 and the ruling of the Military Collegium of the USSR Armed Forces dated 06/18/1955 were canceled by the Supreme Court of Russia on 06/26/2018.
