Ruzov Sergey Sergeevich
Scientist specialist of the General Magnetic Survey Bureau of the State Geophysical Observatory, head of the magnetometric party of the Oil Geological Prospecting Institute, associate professor of the Department of Physical Geography at the Herzen Pedagogical Institute
Born in 1894 in Minsk; no name. Graduated from the Hydrographic Courses in Petrograd (1918), hydrographic engineer-geodesist. Lived in Leningrad, Chekhov St., Bldg. 5, Apt. 38. Scientist at the Bureau of General Magnetic Survey of the State Geodetic Institution, head of the magnetometric party of the Oil Geological Prospecting Institute, associate professor of the Department of Physical Geography at the Herzen Pedagogical Institute, deputy director for academic affairs at the Hydrographic Institute of the Northern Sea Route. Arrested on 11 August 1937. Accused of "belonging to a counter-revolutionary fascist organization that united scientific and technical workers of a number of scientific institutions of the USSR." By the decree of the head of the Leningrad Operations Sector dated 31 October 1937, the case was closed, released on 01 November 1937. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1938). Arrested for the second time on 15.02.1942. Accused of "taking part in the work of an anti-Soviet organization, the goal of which was to fight for a change in the political system existing in the USSR." Sentenced to capital punishment by the military tribunal of the NKVD troops of the Leningrad District on 23-24-25.04.1942 under Art. 58-3, 58-10 part 2, 58-11 of the Criminal Code. By the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, the capital punishment was replaced by imprisonment for 10 years in a correctional labor camp. While imprisoned, he worked in OKB-172. Released on 15.02.1952 as per his term. He was in exile in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the settlement of Severo-Yeniseisky, worked as a guard at a gold mine. Released in 1955, returned to Leningrad, disabled. By the decision of the Leningrad Military District Military Tribunal of 20.12.1954, the sentence was overturned and the case was closed under paragraph 5 of Article 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He died in 1973.
"Вестник "Мемориала" № 6, СПб, 2001 г.
с. 133-134
Cases (1)
Documents (30)
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Рузов Сергей Сергеевич
1. Work record book of Ruzov S.S., completed on 20.01.1939, with entries about his places of work from 01.09.1938 to 24.01.1955.



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2. A copy of the statement of Ruzov S.S. dated 25.03.1954 to the Deputy Military Prosecutor of the Leningrad Military District, Colonel Comrade Malyukhin, with a request for a review of his case and for full rehabilitation.




Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Балановский Иннокентий Андреевич
2. Article by N.V. Uspenskaya “Sabotage... in the study of a solar eclipse” about the arrests of Leningrad astronomers, published in the journal “Nature” No. 8, 1989, p. 86-98. (attached file)
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3. Transcript of the statement of Ruzov S.S. from 25.03.1954 to the Deputy Military Prosecutor of the Leningrad Military District, Colonel Comrade Malyukhin, with a request for a review of his case and for full rehabilitation. (attached file)
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5. Certificate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Krasnoyarsk Krai No. 31082 dated 15.01.1955 on the release of Ruzov S.S. from exile to a settlement, with a photograph.

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6. Certificate of the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Military District No. 30/1653 of 03/22/1955 on the rehabilitation of Ruzov S.S. by the determination of the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Military District of 12/20/1954.

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7. Characteristics of Ruzov S.S., written by professor Yanovsky B.M. 03.06.1955.


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8. Review of the Department of Cartography of Leningrad State University dated 03.10.1957 on the work of candidate of physical and technical sciences Ruzov S.S. "Problems and exercises in topography".


Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Каган Виктор Кусиэлович
8. Letter from Kagan to V.K. dated December 22, 1996 addressed to Iofe V.V. with biographical information and a promise to send a book of memories at the next opportunity. (1 sheet, 2 copies: original, photocopy)

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9. Extracts from printed reports of the Main Astronomical Observatory in Pulkovo for 1919-1920, issued to Ruzov S.S. on 04.06.1955 to confirm information about his work in the period 1919-1921 and certified by the director of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Гернет Евгений Сергеевич
9. "Material “Reviews of specialists about Gernet’s scientific works.”



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10. Diploma MFM No. 000415 dated 16.06.1955 on awarding Ruzov S.S. the degree of candidate of mathematical sciences.

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11. Invitation dated 15.5.1970 addressed to Ruzov S.S. to a joint meeting of the departments of the LVIMU named after Makarov, dedicated to the memory of Matusevich N.N.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Каган Виктор Кусиэлович
12. Memoirs of Kagan V.K. “Fragmentary memories of the Sharashka, not dated.




Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Рузов Сергей Сергеевич
13. Certificate of the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg No. 13-2266-94 dated 04.11.1994 on the recognition of Vasilyeva T.S. as a victim of political repression.

Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Рузов Сергей Сергеевич
14. Group photo of the workers of the student canteen of the OSMU, Ruzov S.S. - far right, Petrograd, 1920.


Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Каган Виктор Кусиэлович
15. Memoirs of Kagan V.K. about his stay at OKB-172 from the summer of 1946 to the end of 1951.




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16. Group photo of cadets in a classroom, Ruzov S.S. fourth from the right, early 1920s.

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17. Group photograph of cadets winding foot wraps in a classroom, early 1920s.

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18. Group photo of cadets and teachers, Ruzov S.S. – second from the left, early 1920s.

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19. Photo by Ruzov S.S., early 1920s.

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20. Photograph of Ruzov S.S. (second from right) during a geophysical survey, circa 1923.

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22. Photo by Ruzov S.S., 1939-1940.


Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Журавский Андрей Митрофанович
43. Corrections of typos in the article “History of OKB-172”, published in “Memorial Bulletin” No. 6, St. Petersburg, 2001, compiled by V.D. Chebanov.

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47-1. Request of the St. Petersburg Research Center "Memorial" dated 03.10.1995 to the Information Center of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg about the available information on former prisoners of OKB-172 of the period 1937-1953. Azamatova P.P., Bovina V.A., Bursiana V.R., Groys A.S., Gun L.A., Dekaristo A.N., Zaremba A.V., Zubets M.A., Karpovich G.E., Kolbasnikova N.I., Kolupaeva E.V., Kolberg R.Ya., Korb E.A., Korman A.G., Korytny D.M., Ko Stereva P.P., Koshlyakova N.S. Kuna A.E., Lodkina S.I., Lukyanova N.G., Makulova N.A., Makhanova I.A., Moiseeva V.P., Morozova K.D., Noreiko K.S., Orlova F.F., Orlovicha L.K., Ocelina N.P., Petrov K.P., Petropavlovsky V.M., Pomer Ntseva V.V., Ponomarenko L.P., Popova V.I., Puzynyu P.S., Ruzova S.S., Sapozhnikova R.A., Smotkina P.A. Spiridonova E.N., Stashkevich S.I., Telesnina B.N., Tokova I.V., Urvantseva N.N., Fatyanova V.V., Fomchenko S.I., Chaika A.V., Chervinsky G.A., Shanin P.P., Shlesinger M.G., Yurchenko K.S., Yastrebova A.I., Yatsko G.V.

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47-3. Archival data according to the information of the CCA ITs of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg dated 08.11.1995 on Azamatova P.P., Bursiana V.R., Gun L.A., Dekaristo A.N., Zaremba A.V., Zubets M.A., Karpovich G.E., Kolbasnikova N.I., Kolupaeva E.V., Kolberg R.Ya., Korb E.A., Korman A.G., Korytny D.M., Kostereva P.P., Koshlyakova N.S., Kuna A.E., Lodkina S.I., Makulova N.A., Makhanova I.A., Moiseeva V.P., Morozova K.D., Noreiko K.S., Orlov F.F., Orlovich L.K., Ocelin N.P., Petrov K.P., Petropavlovsky V.M., Pomerantseva V.V., Ponomarenko L.P., Popova V.I., Puzynyu P.S., Ruzova S.S., Sapozhnikova R.A., Smotkina P.A. Spiridonova E.N., Stashkevich S.I., Telesnina B.N., Tokova I.V., Urvantseva N.N., Fatyanova V.V., Fomchenko S.I., Chaika A.V., Chervinsky G.A., Shanin P.P., Shlesinger M.G., Yurchenko K.S., Yastrebova A.I., Yatsko G.V. and the absence of information on other persons.















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52_а. Letter of the FSSB of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and LO No. 10/60-72 dated 09.02.2000 to the Director of the NIC "Memorial" V.V. Iofa (response to request No. 549 dated 12/17/1999 and No. 558 dated 12/21/1999) with archival references to Messer P.V., Ruzova S.S., Mukhina V.V. and Obodovsky F.N., as well as the lack of information about Popov V.M.
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52_а_4. Archival certificate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region No. 10 / 60-72 dated February 9, 2000 to Ruzova S.S.

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344 (105). Letter of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region No. 10 / 38-673 dated 05.23.1997 (reply to No. 103 dated 03.01.1997) to the Director of the Memorial Research Center Iof V.V. about sending archival certificates to Puzynya P.S., Ruzov S.S., Sapozhnikov R.A., Smotkin P.Kh., Stashkevich S.I., Tokov I.V., Urvantsev N.N., Fedorov N.A., Chervinsky G.A., Shlezinger M.G., and that the criminal case against Yavorsky V.N. in 1968 he was deported to the KGB of Kirovograd.

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344 (105.2.). Archival certificate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region No. 10 / 38-673 dated 05.23.1997 to Ruzova S.S.
