Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich
A miner from Kirovsk, Murmansk region. He was sentenced by the Special Security Service to 7 years in a labor camp (1942). He died in a Tomsk prison (1942).
A native of the village of Dubrovka, Slavkovsky District, Leningrad Region (at the time of birth, probably in the village of Dubrovka, Slavkovskaya Volost, Pskov District, Pskov Governorate. – E.B. ), he was a Russian citizen of the USSR, had a basic education, and came from a middle-class peasant family. He was deprived of his voting rights (his rights were restored in 1931). In 1930, by decision of the troika of the Leningrad Regional Directorate of the NKVD, he was sentenced to "three years of free exile."
In 1941, he lived with his family in the city of Kirovsk in the Murmansk region, at the address: Kirovsk, 25th kilometer, Komsomolskaya street, house No. 40, bldg. 1. He worked as a miner at the 4th mining section of the Kirov mine, in the position of "ore release hatch operator."
He was married and had three minor children born in the village of Dubrovka, Slavkovsky District, Leningrad Region:
- Wife - Vasilyeva Maria Vasilievna, born in 1903. She worked as a nanny in a hospital in Kirovsk.
- Vasiliev Evgeniy Petrovich, born in 1924. - son;
- Vasiliev Valentin Petrovich, born in 1930 - son;
- Vasilyeva Anastasia Petrovna, born in 1926 - daughter.
He was detained on June 30, 1941, by officers of the Kirovsk City NKGB Department in the Murmansk Region and charged under Article 58-10, Part 2, of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR. On July 3, he was admitted to Prison No. 3 in Kirovsk. He was transferred to Cherepovets Prison, then to Ustyuzhna in the Vologda Region. From September 1941, he was sent to a transit camp along the Vologda-Sverdlovsk Prison-Tomsk route.
On December 24, 1941, Vasiliev, a defendant, was admitted to Prison No. 3 in Tomsk. On June 10, 1942, Vasiliev's case was transferred to the Special Security Department of the NKVD of the USSR.
He died in the Tomsk prison hospital on July 8, 1942. The prison doctor, Pechenkina, listed “pulmonary tuberculosis” and “extreme exhaustion” as the cause of death.
According to the Book of Remembrance of the Murmansk Region, Petr Vasilyevich Vasilyev was convicted on August 19, 1942, by a Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR, a month and a half after his death. He was charged under Article 58-10 and sentenced to seven years in a labor camp. He was rehabilitated by the Murmansk Region Prosecutor's Office on May 23, 1989.
There is no photograph in the personal file of prisoner Vasiliev, but there is a detailed verbal portrait compiled in Ustyuzhenskaya prison: "He is of average height, of a thin, slender figure, with drooping shoulders and a short neck. Hair color is light brown, with graying hair, eyes are gray. The face is rectangular, the forehead is high and straight, the eyebrows are straight and wide, the nose is large and thin, the bridge of the nose is concave, convex, and has a hump, the base of the nose is raised, the mouth is small, the corners of the mouth are raised, the lips are thick, the lower lip is drooping, the chin is straight, with a dimple or furrow, the ears are large and triangular, the lower ears are protruding, the earlobe is separate. Distinguishing marks: two hernias - umbilical and inguinal."
Sources: Archival file of prisoner P.V. Vasiliev // Archive of the Memorial Museum "NKVD Investigative Prison"; Book of Memory of the Murmansk Region.
Дополнительная информация
Васильев Петр Васильевич (Книга памяти Мурманской обл.)
Cases (1)
Documents (15)
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001. Prisoner's personal file: Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich. Title page
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Tomsk Region Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Prisoner's personal file No. ___
Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich
Started June 30, 1941
Completed July 8, 1942
Arch. No. 556
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002. The first page of the case file and notes on prison transfers: Kirovsk – Ustyuzhna – Tomsk. July–December 1941
The first page of the case and notes on movement through prisons: Kirovsk - Ustyuzhna - Vologda - Tomsk
Transcript
Prison No. 3 in Kirovsk
3 – VII – 41 No. 2964
Arrived at Prison No. 3 in Ustyuzhna on July 16, 1941.
Personal file No. 475 (underlined)
Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich
No. 7186 (crossed out)
Prison No. 3 24/XII – 41 No. 20,432 (underlined)
A little lower on the right diagonally: 47 and an illegible signature.
Litters:
In the upper left corner, written in red pencil, is the number “3”, next to it is [illegible].
At the top, on the right side of the sheet: “[illegible] 8/VII – 41”
On the right is a black rectangular stamp with the inscription: “ARRIED to Vologda prison 14/IX–1941”
Below, diagonally: “47”; “Removed?? / 8/VII-42”.
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003. Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure. City of Murmansk, June 30, 1941.
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“I approve”
Head of the Murmansk Region Directorate of the State Security Service. Major of State Security.
(Ruchkin) signature
June 30, 1941
I authorize the arrest.
<illegible signature in red pencil>
June 30, 1941
Resolution
(on the selection of a preventive measure)
City of Murmansk, June 30 , 1941
Senior operational officer of the Murmansk Region NKGB Directorate, State Security Sergeant Serebryakov, having reviewed the materials on criminal activity received by the Murmansk Region NKGB Directorate:
Last name Vasiliev
Name and patronymic of Pyotr Vasilyevich
Year of birth 1902 Place of birth Leningrad region, Pskov district, Dubrovka village
Profession and specialty: miner
Place of work and position of Lyukova at the 4th mining section of the Kirov mine
part. b/p.
Lower education
National Russian, USSR citizen
Marital status: married
Address: Kirovsk, 25th km.
Found that Vasiliev is suspected of crimes under Article 58-10, Part 2, of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and taking into account that Vasiliev, while at liberty, may evade investigation and trial.
guided by Articles 145 and 128 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR
Decided:
The preventive measure for Petr Vasilyevich Vasiliev's evasion of investigation and trial shall be detention, which, in accordance with Article 146 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, shall be announced to the arrested person, who shall sign a receipt for this resolution.
In accordance with Article 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, a copy of the order shall be sent to the prosecutor and transferred to the Warden of the prison for inclusion in the prison’s personal file.
Investigator Senior operational officer of the NKGB Directorate State Security Sergeant (Serebryakov) signature
"Agree"
Head of the Investigative Department of the Murmansk Region Directorate of the State Security Service, Lieutenant of the State Security Service (Kuznetsov) (?), signature in pencil
Persons named in the document:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Kuznetsov - Head of the Investigative Department of the Murmansk Region Directorate of the State Security Service, Lieutenant of the State Security Service;
- Serebryakov - Senior operative of the NKGB Directorate, State Security Sergeant;
- Ruchkin is the Head of the Murmansk Region Directorate of the State Security Committee (NKGB), and a Major of State Security.
Source information:
A typewritten form, the signatures are autographs, the signature of the accused is missing; the condition and legibility are satisfactory; the stamp on the first page on the left is illegible.
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004. Notification of the reinstatement of Petr Vasilyevich Vasiliev's electoral rights. Murmansk, July 3, 1931
The stamp at the top left is illegible:
Murmansk District Executive Committee
[Council of workers], peasants,
[Red Army] and Fishermen's Deputies
Presidium
3/ VII 1931(?) (date written in green ink)
No.
city of Murmansk
Top right:
Kirovsk, 25 km, [further illegible]
d. 21, apt. 10(?)
To Vasiliev Petr Vasilyevich
(illegible word in green ink)
In response to your petition for reinstatement of your electoral rights, we inform you that, based on Article 135 of the new Constitution of the USSR, your electoral rights have been reinstated and you have the right to participate in elections for Soviet deputies.
Secretary of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee: (signature in green ink) /V. Osoko/
For the Head of the Reception Office of the OIC: (signature in purple ink) /Shafir/
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Osoko E. - Secretary of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee;
- Shafir - For the Head of the Reception Office of the Murmansk Regional Executive Committee.
Source information:
Typewritten text, handwritten inserts; signatures - manuscript.
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005. Registration and questionnaire card of a prisoner. Kirovsk, July 3, 1941
Transcript
Registration and questionnaire card No.__
Last name Vasiliev
Name Peter
Patronymic Vasilyevich
Year of birth: 1902
Place of birth: Leningrad region, Pskov district, Dubrovka village
Nationality: Russian
Citizenship of the USSR
Social origin: peasant
Ob. lower
Profession: worker
Miner specialty
Place of residence before arrest 25 km
Place of service before arrest: Kirov mine
Marital status: married
When and where did you arrive 3 – VII - 41 Kirovsk
Admitted to prison on the basis of the Resolution of the State NKGB
Who is responsible for the Kirovsk City NKGB Department?
Placed in cell number 4
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich is a defendant in the case.
Source information:
A printed form filled out by hand in green ink.
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006. Certificate of a search. Unspecified [July 1941]
Transcript
Reference
On the film of Pyotr Vasilievich Vasiliev
Documents were confiscated during the arrest.
o/authorized. UNKGB of the Murmansk region.
1. Passport
2. Military ID
3. Trade union card
I confirm prisoner Vasiliev
Duty officer
DPNT Kononovsky (?)
Signature of the searched prisoner Vasiliev
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the document;
- Kononovsky (?) - DPNT [Duty Assistant to the Prison Warden]
Information about the source: Manuscript, signatures – autographs.
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007. Search report, July 17, 1941
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Search report
On July 17, 1941, DPNT No. 1 of the NKVD Directorate for the Military District, E. D. Tsvetkov and supervisor I. S. Vorobyov subjected prisoner Petr Vasilyevich Vasiliev to a personal search.
Born in 1902, arrived from prison No. 4 in Cherepovets (?),
Moreover, what was discovered and confiscated was: nothing was found.
DPNT Kononovsky
Warden /signature/
Signature of the searched prisoner / signature/
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the document;
- Tsvetkov E. D. - DPNT No. 1 NKVD for the Vologda region;
- Vorobyov I.S. - warden of prison No. 1 of the NKVD Directorate for the Vologda Region.
Source information:
A printed form filled out by hand; signatures are autographs.
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008. Accompanying document to the petition of P.V. Vasiliev for the transfer of his salary from the city of Kirovsk. City of Ustyuzhna, after July 16, 1941
Transcript
Cap on the left:
Prison No. 3
(?) July 1941
No. 291
UNKVD Mur. ob.
Kirovsk, Murmansk region
economic part of the Kirov Trade
Herewith forwards the application of prisoner Petr Vasilyevich Vasilyev requesting that Vasilyev's salary be sent to him, Ustyuzhna, K.O., Prison No. 3
Warden of Prison No. 3
Senior Clerk
List of persons:
Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich is a defendant in the case.
Source information: manuscript, no signatures.
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009. Accompanying document to the application of prisoner Vagin(?) P.A. for a review of the case. Ustyuzhna, August 1941
Transcript
On the left diagonally: UNKGB Murm. region.
August 41
308
To the Prosecutor of the Kirovsky District
I am also forwarding a statement from prisoner Vagin(?) Petr Andreevich with a petition for a review of the case.
Appendix: [inaudible]
Warden of Prison No. 3
Old file: signature
List of persons
- Vagin(?) Petr Andreevich - prisoner;
- [no last name] - head of prison No. 3;
- [no last name] - senior clerk.
Source information: manuscript, not the first copy.
Comments: This may be a document from the file of another prisoner, which accidentally ended up in the file of Vasiliev P.N.
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010. Search report. Prison No. 1 of the NKVD Directorate for the Vologda Region, September 14, 1941
Transcript
Search report
On September 14, 1941, DPNT No. 1 of the NKVD Directorate for the Military District, Vasiliev and supervisor Omelchenko subjected prisoner Petr Vasilievich Vasiliev to a personal search.
Born in 1902, arrived at Cherepovets prison,
and the following was discovered and confiscated: [dash]
DPNT signature
Warden /signature/
Signature of the searched prisoner / signature/
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the document;
- Vasiliev - DPNT No. 1 NKVD for the Military District;
- Omelchenko is a supervisor.
Source information:
A printed form filled out by hand; signatures are autographs.
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011. Profile of the arrested person: Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich. mountains Ustyuzhna, Vologda region, September 1941
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Arrestee's questionnaire
1. Last name: Vasiliev
2. Name and patronymic: Petr Vasilyevich
3. Year and place of birth: Born in 1902 , Dubrovka village, Slavkovsky district, Leningrad region.
4. Permanent place of residence before arrest (detailed address): City of Kirovsk, 25th kilometer, Komsomolskaya st., bldg. 40, off. 1, Murmansk region.
5. Profession and specialty: miner.
6. Last place of employment or occupation before arrest: 4th mining section of the Kirov mine. Position : ore release hatch operator. Rank: none .
7. Nationality: Russian
8. Citizenship (subst.) USSR. Recorded from words.
9. Party affiliation:
a) was not a member in the past.
10. Education: Lower 2nd grade.
11. Social origin: From middle peasants
12. Criminal record: In 1930, by a troika of the NKVD Directorate for Leningrad Oblast (?) sentenced to three years of free exile.
13. Drives: Not subjected.
14. Family composition
Father - no / deceased
Mother - no / deceased
Wife — Vasilyeva Maria Vasilyevna, born in 1903. Place of birth — village Petrovo, Listvinsky rural council, Slavkovsky district, Leningrad region . Place of residence, work and position — city of Kirovsk, Murmansk region, Bolotnaya street, house No. 1, apt. 5. Worker (?) at the hospital — nanny.
Children:
- Vasiliev Evgeniy Petr., born in 1924,
- Vasiliev Valentin Petr., born in 1930,
- Vasilyeva Anastasia Petr., born in 1926.
Place of birth: Dubrovka village, Slavkovsky district, Leningrad region.
Place of residence: Kirovsk, Murmansk region, Bolotnaya street, house No. 1, apt. 5, with mother.
Brothers, sisters - no.
Personal signature – Vasiliev.
15. Verbal portrait:
Average height, thin, slender figure, drooping shoulders, short neck, light brown hair with graying, gray eyes, rectangular face, high straight forehead, straight, wide eyebrows, large, thin nose, concave, convex, humped bridge of nose, upturned base of nose, small mouth, upturned corners of mouth, thick lips, drooping lower lip, straight chin, with dimple, furrow, large, triangular ears, lower protrusion of ears, separate earlobe.
15. Distinguishing features. Two hernias: umbilical and inguinal. No tattoos.
16. When arrested – July 3, 1941
The questionnaire was completed at Ustyuzhna Prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Vologda Region in the city of Ustyuzhna, Vologda Oblast, by accountant Tikhomirov.
Signature Tikhomirov.
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Vasilyeva Maria Vasilievna - wife;
- Vasiliev Evgeniy Petrovich, born in 1924. - son;
- Vasiliev Valentin Petrovich, born in 1930. r. - son;
- Vasilyeva Anastasia Petrovna, born in 1926 - daughter;
- Tikhomirov is an accountant(?) of the Ustyuzhenskaya prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Vologda region.
Source information:
A typographic form, completed by hand. The signatures are autographs. The condition is satisfactory.
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012. Fingerprint card. Ustyuzhna, Vologda Oblast, September 7, 1941
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Form No. 2
Gender: Male
Last name Vasiliev
Name Peter
Patronymic Vasilyevich
Year of birth : 1902
Place of birth : Dubrovka village, Leningrad region.
The card was filled out on September 7, 1941. In prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Volga Region, Ustyuzhna, Volga Region.
I checked the fingerprint. Signature (Larionov )
Signature of registered Vasiliev
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Larionov is a fingerprint specialist.
Source information:
A printed form filled out by hand; signatures are autographs.
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013. A prisoner's escort sheet for the transfer. Vologda Oblast, September 25, 1941
Transcript
[inaudible]
Na Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich year of birth 1902
Destination: Tomsk via Sverdlovsk Prison
At whose disposal should you be: Head of Tomsk Prison
[inaudible]: ordinary
Investigative
[Doctor's] report on health status and sanitary treatment performed: Stamp: Sanitary treatment completed. Vaccinations against smallpox, typhoid [inaudible]. Have not been for 3 weeks. Can follow the stage.
[inaudible] No. 7186 [inaudible]: To be placed at the disposal of the Head of the NKVD Directorate for Tomsk Oblast.
Head of Prison No. 1 of the NKVD Directorate for the Military District, State Security Sergeant. Signature (Zemlyakov)
Prison secretary signature (Chunkin(?))
25 Sep 1941 (date - stamp)
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Zemlyakov - Head of Prison No. 1 of the NKVD Directorate for the Vologda Region, State Security Sergeant;
- Chunkin(?) - Secretary of the prison.
Source information:
A typewritten form, filled out by hand; signatures are autographs. Notes: stamp in the upper right corner - illegible; in the second and third columns, ink inscription: "5316 / 8/XII 41";
Seal at the bottom left: “Seal for packages / Prison Department of the NKVD Directorate for the Vologda Region / Prison No. 1”; red line before the signature of the Prison Warden.
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014. Notification of the transfer of the arrested person, P.V. Vasiliev, to further detention at the Special Conference. Novosibirsk, June 13, 1942
Transcript
13/VI 194 2 No. 3517–276 / E mountains. Novosibirsk
To the Chief of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region, Tomsk
Vasiliev Petr Vasilyevich, a prisoner under investigation and arrested at Prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate, is to be further detained at a special meeting on June 10, 1942 , under No. 59978 (?) and sent for detention and further referral to the relevant charges.
Head of the 1st Special Department of the NKVD for the Novosibirsk Region, State Security Lieutenant , signature Basov
Head of the 4th Department of the 1st Special Department of the NKVD, Junior Lieutenant of State Security, signature Mityushev
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Basov - Head of the 1st special department of the NKVD for the Novosibirsk region, lieutenant of State Security;
- Mityushev - Head of the 4th Department of the 1st Special Department of the NKVD for the Novosibirsk Region, Junior Lieutenant of the State Security Service.
Source information:
A typographic form, completed by hand, with signatures—autographs. The document is in satisfactory condition and preservation.
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015. Medical examination report of a corpse. Tomsk, July 8, 1942
Transcript
I approve: head of the prison of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD, lieutenant of state security
/Comrade Bozhok/
Act
Medical examination of the corpse 8/VII 42
Based on order No. 0457 of the head of prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate, State Security Lieutenant Comrade Bozhok, I, doctor Pechenkina, in the presence of the DPN Comrade Grebnev, conducted an external examination of the body of prisoner Petr Vasilyevich Vasiliev, born in 1902, who died in the prison hospital.
The body is a male, of regular build, of medium height, with [illegible] emaciation. Rigor mortis has set in. The scalp is pale, the facial skin is pale, and the mucous membranes of the lips are bluish. The neck is long, and the skin on it (illegible) is undamaged. The ribcage is cylindrical, with protruding ribs. The abdomen is drawn in, and the skin on it is pale. The genitals are unremarkable. The nasal, ear, and anal openings are free of foreign objects. The skin of the upper and lower extremities is edematous and pale, the limbs (?) are undamaged.
No other changes were detected during the external examination of the body. Based on the above and the medical history No. [inaudible], the death of prisoner P. V. Vasiliev was natural and resulted from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Signature of the doctor at the Pechenkina prison hospital
DPN signature Grebnev
Source information:
The manuscript is in satisfactory condition and legibility; the signatures are autographs. Notes: in the upper right corner, the inscription in green ink "sl Vologda / 54-10."
List of persons:
- Vasiliev Petr Vasilievich - person involved in the case;
- Bozhok - head of the prison of the NKVD NSO, lieutenant of state security;
- Pechenkina - Doctor of the prison hospital;
- Grebnev is the duty assistant to the head of prison No. 3 in Tomsk.
