Rusanov Alexey Konstantinovich

Definition:

A mine worker in the Rostov region. Arrested in September 1941. Died on January 18, 1942 in the prison hospital of Tomsk

Years of life: 1909-1942
Reproduction methods:

Born in 1909. Native of the village of Rusanovskaya, Shchegrovsky district, Kursk region (the village of Rusanovo, Shchigrovsky district, Kursk province), Russian, no citizenship, from poor peasants, graduated from 2 classes of a rural school. Lived in the settlement of Shakhty "Novo-Azovka" in the Shakhtinsky district of the Rostov region, worked as a driver at the Severnaya mine of the Shakhtanthracite trust.

Family: wife Rusanova Elena Efimovna, born in 1914, daughter Galina, born in 1939, lived in the same village. Brother Rusanov Panteley Konstantinovich, was on the labor front.

In 1940, the People's Court sentenced him, by Government Decree, to five months of forced labor, with a 25% deduction at the place of work.

He was arrested on September 14, 1941 by employees of the Shakhty RO police department and was accused of “conducting anti-Soviet agitation and spreading slander against the Soviet press and the Soviet Information Bureau among the residents of house No. 41 in the village of Shakhty Novo-Azovka in August 1941. He said that our press was allegedly writing lies and that the Soviet Information Bureau, according to him, was reporting implausible things, and in addition, he was spreading slander against the Soviet government, allegedly not paying sufficient attention to arming the Red Army with equipment in a timely manner…” , i.e., a crime under Article 58-10, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.

For investigation, he was transported to Novocherkassk prison, then, by Rostov stage, on December 9, 1941, he arrived at prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO (Tomsk). He died on January 18, 1942, in the prison hospital. In the Act of external examination of the corpse, military doctor Dymarsky indicated that the death of prisoner Rusanov A.K. "occurred as a result of severe exhaustion and enterocolitis."


Source: Archival file of e/k A.K. Rusanov // Archive of the Memorial Museum

Info:
Мемориальный музей "Следственная тюрьма НКВД". Томск. [Электрон. ресурс]. URL: https://nkvd.tomsk.ru (дата обращения 2020-2025 гг.).

Cases (1)

Documents (7)

Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 011: Русанов
001. Personal file of the prisoner: Rusanov Alexey Konstantinovich. Title page

Prisoner's personal file

Rusanov Alexey Konstantinovich

Started 09/25/1941

Finished --

Arch. No. 20195 (?) Prison No. 3 9/XII-1941

Secret

Re-registered in 1941

Signature in the lower right corner: Written off 18/I-42

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002. Arrest warrant. Shakhty, September 11, 1941

Transcript
I affirm:
Deputy Chief of the NKVD Department of Defense... Senior Police Lieutenant signature /M. BEGUNKOV/
September 11, 1941

I authorize: ... Prosecutor ... Mines signature /Tolotov/
September 13, 1941

Arrest warrant
Shakhty RO [Rostov region] September 11, 1941

I, Senior operative of the Shakhty City Department Junior Lieutenant of State Security PALCHIKOV, having reviewed the received cases... materials on the criminal activity of RUSANOV Aleksey Konstantinovich, born in 1909, native of the village of Russanovskaya, Shchegrovsky district of the Kursk region, Russian, citizen of the USSR, no military registration, literate, works at the Novo-Azovka mine as a driver, resides at house No. 41.

FOUND
RUSANOV Aleksey Konstantinovich during August 1941 in the settlement of Shakhty Novo-Azovka, among the residents of house No. 41, conducts anti-Soviet agitation and spreads slander against the Soviet press and the message of the Soviet Information Bureau, for example, in the presence of residents PANCHENKO Maria, RYZHYKH Maria and others, he said that allegedly our press is writing lies and the Soviet Information Bureau, according to him, is reporting implausible things, in addition to this, he spreads slander against the Soviet government, allegedly it did not pay sufficient attention to arming the Red Army with equipment in a timely manner , and therefore, guided by Art. 145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
RESOLVED:
RUSANOV Aleksey Konstantinovich, resident of Mine N-Azovka, house No. 41, is to be arrested and searched.

Senior Operative Commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Department of the NKVD
Junior lieutenant of State Security signature /PALCHIKOV/
Agreed: Chief of Criminal Investigation Department of the NKVD, police sergeant, signature /OSTROVSKY/


Editor's note: Presumably, place of birth: village of Rusanovo, Shchigrovsky district, Kursk province


Note: There were two sheets in the file - two "versions" of the same document. I transcribed (mostly) the first version. The second version is shorter and does not describe the reason for the arrest.

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Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 011: Русанов
003. Questionnaire of the arrested person. September 14, 1941

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Arrested person questionnaire

1-2. Rusanov Alexey Konstantinovich.

3. Date and place of birth: Born in 1909, Rusanovka village, Shchegrovsky district, Kursk region.
4. Permanent place of residence before arrest: settlement Shakhty "Novo-Azovka" Shakhty district Rostov region.

5. Profession and specialty: laborer.

6. Last place of work: Severnaya Mine of the Shakhtanthracite trust, position - coal cleaner.

7. Nationality: Russian.
8. Citizenship: citizen of the USSR.
9. Party affiliation: no.
10 Education: 2 groups of a rural school.
11. Social origin: from poor peasants.

12. Criminal record: In 1940, by the court of the city of Shakhty (?)... he was sentenced by the Decree of the Government to 5 months of forced labor, with a deduction of 25% at the place of work.

13. Drives: none.

14. Family composition
Father Rusanov Konstantin Pavlovich, died in 1937.
Mother Rusanova Natalya Petrovna, died in 1939.
Rusanova's wife Elena Efimovna, born in 1914, village. "Novo-Azovka" mines, barracks No. 41.
Daughter Rusanova Galina Alekseevna, born in 1939, --"--.

Brother Rusanov Pantelei Konstantinovich, is on the labor front.

15. Verbal portrait: average height (165-170 cm).

16. When arrested: September 14, 1941, order No. 68.

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Form No. 2 (fingerprinting):

The form for the right hand is filled out, on the form for the left hand there are no prints of the index, middle and ring fingers, signature: contused.

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Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 011: Русанов
004. Certificate on personal file No. 581. City of Shakhty. Unspecified (filled out before sending to Novocherkassk)

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Name of the prison authority that prepared the certificate: City Department of the RCM of Shakhty

Certificate on personal file No. 581 for prisoner Rusakov Aleksey Konstantinovich, born 1909.

3. Destination: Novocherkassk, Voroshilov railway.

4. To whose disposal: Novocherkassk prison.

5. Reason for sending: --

6. A person under investigation, convicted or exiled: an investigator.

7. By which judicial body, when and for what term was he sentenced: under Article 58-10.

8. Convoy type: ordinary.

9. Distinguishing features of the prisoner: none.

10. Doctor's notes: passed.

11. Fingerprint card - in personal file.

Head of the RKM Body signature

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005. Medical Section. Novocherkassk Prison, September 25, 1941

In the medical section of the prisoner’s personal form, filled out in the Novocherkassk prison, a deformation of the left hand of Rusanov A.K. is noted, and light work is indicated.

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Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 011: Русанов
006. Sanitary passport of prisoner: Rusanov Aleksey Konstantinovich. Novocherkassk. September 25? 1941

Place of detention - Novocherkassk
The physical examination was carried out on September 25, 1941. Hair was cut, washed in a bathhouse, linen was changed, things were disinfected.

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Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 011: Русанов
007. Medical examination report of the corpse. Tomsk. January 18, 1942

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I affirm:

Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region

Lieutenant of State Security /BOZHOK/

ACT

Medical examination of the corpse on January 18, 1942.

Based on order No. 0457 and the order of the head of prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO, State Security Lieutenant BOZHOK, .... military doctor of the 3rd rank Dymarsky in the presence of the prison DPN comrade Demidov, carried out an external examination of the body of prisoner RUSANOV Aleksey Konstantinovich, born in 1909, who died in the prison hospital at 2 p.m. on January 18, 1942. Arrived by the Rostov stage .

The corpse is male, of average height, undernourished. Rigor mortis has set in. The mucous membranes of the lips are pale. The mouth is closed, the tongue is behind the teeth. The chest is cylindrical, the abdomen is sunken, its integuments are pale. The openings of the nose, ears and anus are free of foreign objects. The skin of the upper and lower extremities is intact.

Based on the above and case history No. 223-5 , the death of prisoner Aleksey Konstantinovich RUSANOV was natural and occurred as a result of severe exhaustion and enterocolitis.

Military doctor of the 3rd rank signature /Dymarsky/

DPN prison signature /Demidov/

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