Gurvich Sholom (Mulya) Leibovich

The memoirs cover the period from 1918 to 1934: from the author's entry into the Scout movement to the author's return from exile.
The memoirs begin with the author's entry into the Scouting movement in 1918. What follows is a description of the activities of the Scouts and the relationship between the Scouts.
Graduation from school, acquaintance with the Saltykovka scout community, moving to Saltykovka as a housekeeper.
Description of life in Saltykovka. How to keep warm in winter with an iron.
Guests of "Saltykovka": Muscovites, Nizhny Novgorod, parents of scouts. About the attitude of parents. About education.
Arrest April 23, 1926 in "Saltykovka". Re-arrest in two weeks. Lubyanka, Butyrka.
OSO's verdict: minus six. Return to Nizhny Novgorod. Expulsion from university training courses for refusing to be an informer.
About how scout paraphernalia was buried in Maryina Roshcha (Nizhny Novgorod) in 1927.
Searches and arrests on April 1, 1928. The names of the Nizhny Novgorod scouts arrested on this day (13 people). About the arrests made on the same day in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities, in the Sokol sports society.
The release of two scouts, the transfer of the rest to Moscow.
Decision on exile for three years. Referral directions to other Nizhny Novgorod scouts.
Author's link to the Urals. During the stage - the announcement of the author's marriage to Yuri Sokolov. Sending a couple to the village of Shishnovo, Ural region. Birth of daughter Tatyana in exile.
End of exile in 1931. Residence in Vladimir until 1934, since 1934 - return to Gorky.

* Tatiana, Bashkirov Alexander Mikhailovich, Gurvich Sholom (Mulya) Leibovich, Gurevich Wulf Moiseevich (Vladimir Markovich), Gurenok Maria Vasilievna, Zelenov Boris Ivanovich (Burum), Ignatiev Yury Sergeevich, Konevsky Vladimir Vyacheslavovich, Priklonsky Georgy (Yuri) Nikolaevich, Sizov Gabriel (Gabriel, Gabka) Mikhailovich, Sokolov Yuri Nikolaevich, Sokolovskaya Zoya Alexandrovna, Sokolovskaya Lelya, Sokolovsky Boris Alexandrovich, Tikhomirova Ekaterina Alexandrovna (nicknamed Shimoza), Shulgina Vera Ivanovna

About scout groups in Moscow by the beginning of 1926. Pilot Scout Detachment (OPSO). Khamovnichesky group of girl scouts (HOGS). Bonfire Scout Troop (CSC). Black Wolf Squad. Group "Chudovka". Club of Senior Scouts.
Commune of Scouts-Nizhny Novgorod "Saltykovka". The names of the six participants.
On the history of the Saltykovka organization. The unsuccessful attempt of three Nizhny Novgorod scouts to leave the country through Odessa (1922), the decision to organize a commune.
On the entry into the commune of its members.
Financial situation in "Saltykovka". Places of work of its members.
Description of the interior of "Saltykovka".
Characters of participants and their role in the commune.
Moscow scouts who were visiting Saltykovka.
About the earnings of other scouts.
About the Scout Theater (Moscow).
The tragic death of Mikhail Bogoslovsky in Saltykovka (summer 1925).
About the attempt to register "Saltykovka" as a commune in 1925.
Organization of a production artel-commune in St. Petersburg (1925). Participant names.
Arrest of V. Zotov (November 1925). Attitudes towards arrest among scouts. About precautionary measures in "Saltykovka".
Names of scouts arrested on 04/23/1926. The names of the arrested Saltykovites.
On the activities of Moscow scouts after the arrests.

Barteneva (Barteneva) Vera Alexandrovna, Bogoslovsky Mikhail Mikhailovich, Burman Vladimir Georgievich (Burmash), Gurvich Sholom (Mulya) Leibovich, Gurevich Wulf Moiseevich (Vladimir Markovich), Demin Evgeniy Vladimirovich, Dobrovolsky Vladimir Dmitrievich, Dokuchaeva Olga Alexandrovna, Drozhzhina Olga Nikolaevna, Zhdanova Ludmila, Zelenov Boris Ivanovich (Burum), Zelenova (Cheshikhina) Natalya Vasilievna, Zotov Vladimir Semyonovich, Zotova (ur. Dobrova) Sofia Matveevna, Ivanova Ludmila, Katanskaya (Terentyeva) Nina Anatolyevna, Kolobova Galina Vasilievna, Kotlyarevskaya - Kiseleva Pavla Sergeevna, Kurochkina (Kuritsyna) Tatyana, Sirotinsky Evgeniy Leonidovich (Zhenka Syr), Sokolovskaya Zoya Alexandrovna, Sokolovsky Boris Alexandrovich, Traustel Larisa Ivanovna, Usov Viktor Yurievich, Khmeleva Tatiana, Chizhov Nikolai Sergeevich, Chirkova Sofia (Soshka) Fedorovna, Shaposhnikov Andrey Alexandrovich, Shibanov Sergey Vladimirovich, Shorygin Sergei Alexandrovich (Vladimirovich), Shulgina Vera Ivanovna, Yurkansky Vyacheslav Nikolaevich

The memoirs begin with the author's reference to the previous chapter of his memoirs ("Chapters from the Past. Saltykovka"), which ends with a search and arrest of the author.
About the road on foot to Lubyanka. First impressions of the inner prison and my cell.
About tapping with a male camera.
On the transfer of issued cigarettes to the men's cell.
About weekly rounds, prison doctors, food.
About the cellmate - A.I. Tolstoy.
About modeling figures from black bread; calendar scratched onto an aluminum mug.
About weekly trips to the bath.
About an unsuccessful attempt to contact neighboring cells through the ventilation grill.
About interrogations. Attempts by the investigator to decipher the initials. About heads of departments OPSO.
About investigators.
On the behavior of Sergei Shorygin in detention and exile.
About "brood hens" in a cell with imprisoned Girl Scouts. The last interrogation in Butyrskaya prison.
On the accusation in the "scout case".
Women's and men's solitary cells in Butyrskaya prison. Communication between their inhabitants.
An agreement between Scouts to designate each other as "grooms" and "brides" to request a joint expulsion.
About Butyrskaya prison.
About the verdict for all participants in the “case of scouts”.
About a date with relatives before the stage.
Letter from the author's mother to a relative about the author's sentence.
Departure of the stage from Butyrskaya prison, meeting of scouts before the stage, collection of warm clothes for the author. Distribution of transported persons by compartment. The relationship of the author with neighbors.
DPZ in Leningrad.
Stage from Leningrad.
Kemsky transit point. Description of appearance. Body check.
Women's barracks of Kemperpunkt.
The call of the author to the Operational and Commercial Department, acquaintance with the "thieves" language.
Two letters from the author addressed to his mother (1926) about work and living conditions in the camp.
About thieves words rooted in the language.
Employment as a typist in the military unit of the GPU. Assistance from the manager of the household.
Participation in theatrical productions of Kemperpunkt.
Obtaining a pass "for the wire", transfer to the "clean" part of the women's barracks.
About the neighbors of the 7th female company in Kemperpunkt: a nun-nurse, a dentist, a criminal, Vera Kersnovskaya, and others.
Arrival at Kemperpunkt Leningrad and Nizhny Novgorod scouts.
The attitude of the author to the escape planned by the scouts.
On the transfer of a letter to Moscow scouts in a pack of tea.
About letters and parcels from outside. The Hiawatha book, bound by the Scouts at Camperpunkt.
Medical examination for the presence of venereal diseases.
Transfer to work in USLON's Kem office.
The new head of the ECCH USEVLON.
Transfer to Kem from Solovki of several scouts, including B. Zelenov.
About communication between the parents of the imprisoned scouts.
Dating scouts with their wives.
The memoirs end with the stage of the author and B. Zelenov to Moscow.

* Faith, * Tamara, * Fiminishna (Fominishna), Ballod Alexandra Ivanovna, Baltrushaitis Jurgis (Shaitis), Barteneva (Barteneva) Vera Alexandrovna, Bostrem Gleb Ivanovich, Bugelsky Yuri, Burman Vladimir Georgievich (Burmash), Gaevskaya, Galperin, Ganeshin Dmitry Sergeevich, Grachev, Gurvich Sholom (Mulya) Leibovich, Gurevich Wulf Moiseevich (Vladimir Markovich), Dobrovolsky Vladimir Dmitrievich, Dokuchaeva Olga Alexandrovna, Drozhzhina Olga Nikolaevna, Zelenov Boris Ivanovich (Burum), Zelenov Petr, Zelenova (?) Alexandra Nikolaevna, Zelenova (Cheshikhina) Natalya Vasilievna, Zenkevich (?) Anna Konstantinovna, Zenkevich Avgustin Leopoldovich, Zotov Vladimir Semyonovich, Zotova (ur. Dobrova) Sofia Matveevna, Ivanova Ludmila, Katanskaya (Terentyeva) Nina Anatolyevna, Kersnovskaya Vera (Veronika) Methodievna, Kotlyarevskaya - Kiseleva Pavla Sergeevna, Kukushkin, Kulkova Lyudmila Nikolaevna, Lakhtina Olga Leonidovna, Mineeva (Minaeva) Sophia, Olovyashnikova Tatyana, Peshkova Ekaterina Pavlovna, Polezhaev Boris Pafnutievich, Polezhaev Petr Ivanovich, Popov Vladimir Alekseevich, Popov Pavel Sergeevich, Priklonsky Georgy (Yuri) Nikolaevich, Protas Natalia Ivanovna, Ryabov Nikolai Ivanovich, Sabinin (Sobinin) Vladimir Anatolyevich, Sabinina (Sobinina) Natalya, Sadovsky Yuri ("Yurochka"), Sirotinsky Evgeniy Leonidovich (Zhenka Syr), Slavatinsky, Sokolov Yuri Nikolaevich, Sokolovskaya Zoya Alexandrovna, Sokolovsky Boris Alexandrovich, Terentyev Pavel Viktorovich, Tikhomirova Ekaterina Alexandrovna (nicknamed Shimoza), Tolstaya Anna Ilyinichna, Traustel Larisa Ivanovna, Frenkel, Khmeleva Valentina, Cheshikhin German, Cheshikhina Taisiya, Chizhov Nikolai Sergeevich, Chirkova Sofia (Soshka) Fedorovna, Shaposhnikov Andrey Alexandrovich, Shibanov Sergey Vladimirovich, Schmidt Leonid Petrovich, Shorygin Sergei Alexandrovich (Vladimirovich), Shorygina (ur. Kolyanova) Rimma Pavlovna, Shtange Alexander Genrikhovich, Stange (nee Cheshikhina) Valentina Evgrafovna, Shulgina Vera Ivanovna, Schulz Michael, Yurkansky Vyacheslav Nikolaevich

The memoirs begin with a description of the situation of the scouts imprisoned in Solovki by the spring of 1928.
Stage from Kemperpunkt to Moscow.
Meeting with the author's relatives at the railway station in Moscow.
Butyrka prison, work in the prison. About the possibility of meeting with other prisoners in the prison cafeteria.
Interrogations, accusation of organizing an escape from the Solovetsky camps.
About escape plans.
Stage from Moscow to Vyatka.
Arrival in Vyatka 11/6/1928, acquaintance with the Vyatka exiles.
About correspondence with Moscow relatives.
About the place of residence in Vyatka, about earnings.
Visits of relatives to Vyatka.
About occupations in Vyatka, bibliography of local literature.
Moving to a new place of residence in Vyatka.
How did the exiles earn in Vyatka.
About the locals.
Visit of Vladimir Dobrovolsky, who escaped from exile in Narym (spring 1929).
Birth of daughter Irina (12/16/1930), serious illness of the author.
End of exile (1931), prohibition of residence in large cities.
Departure of the author from Vyatka to Nizhny Novgorod, return to Vyatka in autumn 1929.
Arrest and transfer of V. Zelenov to Nizhny Novgorod on charges of organizing a mutual benefit fund (1933), released after four and a half months of investigation.
Moving to the village of Gypsies. Village life.
Final departure from Vyatka in December 1934.
The memoirs end with a note indicating biographical information about some of the persons mentioned in the text.

* Alexandra Mikhailovna, * Apollinaria Nikolaevna, * Ferapont Ivanovich, Astakhova Yulia, Ganeshin Dmitry Sergeevich, Gendelman, Gurvich Sholom (Mulya) Leibovich, Gurevich Wulf Moiseevich (Vladimir Markovich), Gurenok Maria Vasilievna, Denshin Alexey Ivanovich, Dobrovolsky Vladimir Dmitrievich, Drozhzhina Olga Nikolaevna, Elnik, Zelenov Boris Ivanovich (Burum), Zelenov Ivan Konstantinovich, Zelenova (?) Irina, Zelenova (Cheshikhina) Natalya Vasilievna, Zilberman, Zotov Vladimir Semyonovich, Kashirin, Klyachko, Livshits, Nebolsin, Olovyashnikova Tatyana, Peshkova Ekaterina Pavlovna, Sadovsky Yuri ("Yurochka"), Selenkin Mikhail Borisovich, Skribova Sofya Kuzminichna, Stolbova-Paderina Ekaterina Ivanovna, Strukov, Tikhomirova Ekaterina Alexandrovna (nicknamed Shimoza), Fokin Alexander Dmitrievich, Chaikin Vadim Afanasevich, Charushin Vladimir Nikolaevich, Charushin Nikolay Apollonovich, Charushina (?) Olga Sergeevna, Cheshikhin German, Shibanov Sergey Vladimirovich, Shtange Alexander Genrikhovich, Yurkansky Vyacheslav Nikolaevich

Azhgirey, Bazilevsky, White-haired, Belyaev Konstantin Sergeevich, Bonishevich I.I., Vladimirov N.V., Gurvich Sholom (Mulya) Leibovich, Iofe Veniamin Viktorovich, Kalchenko Pimen Polikarpovich, Kononenko Savva Filippovich, Round, Krylov-Petrov Vasily Vasilievich, Morando Konstantin Dmitrievich, Polozov M.A., Pushkin, Rabanovich L.G., Turkish, Churilov, Yurkansky Vyacheslav Nikolaevich