Markman Kommunella (Ella) Moiseevna
Born in 1924 in Tbilisi; Jewish. After the arrest of her parents in 1937, she was moved from Tbilisi to Baku, then to Batumi, where she graduated from high school in 1942. In 1943, she was evacuated to Tashkent, where she entered the physics and mathematics department of the Central Asian State University, while simultaneously working as a security guard at the Tashselmash plant. That same year, she returned to Tbilisi and transferred to the mechanical department of the Lenin Tbilisi Institute of Railway Engineers. Member of the underground youth organization "Death to Beria" (existed in 1944). In 1945, she moved to Batumi. She entered the mining department of the correspondence department of the S.M. Kirov Georgian Industrial Institute. In 1945-1947 worked as a radio operator in the editorial office of the newspaper "Batumi Worker", from 1947 - as an archivist in the Adjara office of the State Bank. Arrested on 24.04.1948 in Batumi in the case of the organization "Death of Beria", on the same day she was transported to Tbilisi. Sentenced on 21-22.09.1948 by the military tribunal of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Georgian SSR under Articles 19-58-2, 19-58-8, 58-10 part 1, 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the Georgian SSR to 25 years in a labor camp and 5 years of deprivation of rights with confiscation of property. After the verdict, she was held in the Ortachala prison in Tbilisi. Transported to Inta. Arrived at Minlag (Komi ASSR) in early June 1949. Imprisoned at OLP No. 6 and No. 4. Was assigned to general labor: building houses and roads, working in logging. In late 1954 – early 1955, she was released due to illness. Released on 21 June 1956 with the criminal record removed and her rights disqualified by the resolution of the Commission of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 13 June 1956 (on review of cases). Lived in Inta until early 1957. In 1957, she married a former political prisoner. Since 1957, she has lived in Tbilisi. A son was born in 1961. Rehabilitated by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 22 August 1968. Died in Moscow on 29 June 2015.
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Cases (3)
Documents (3)
Fund 08 / Inventory 1 / Case Маркман Коммунэлла (Элла) Моисеевна
1. Biographical interview with K.M. Markman, recorded by E. Kulakova and I. Suslova 06/07-08/2011 in Moscow (+ audio and video recording).
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Групповое дело организации «Смерть Берии» («Свободная Грузия»)
1. Article by Sidorovsky L. “Listen, you inquisitors!..” in the newspaper “Smena” No. 164, July 18, 1990. o Markman K.M.
