Menshov Nikolay Matveevich
Military serviceman. Convicted by the Supreme Court to capital punishment (August 1941), sentence overturned
He was sentenced by the Military Tribunal of the 2nd Guards Division on August 24, 1941 to capital punishment. He was a prisoner of the internal prison of the Leningrad Region NKVD Directorate. The Leningrad Front Military Tribunal's session on September 5, 1941 overturned his sentence. The case was sent for a new trial from the preliminary investigation stage.
Documents (2)
Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 020: Голубых
006. Secret notification No. 0834 from the Leningrad Front's VT on the revocation of the sentence. Leningrad, September 8, 1941.
Secret notification #0834 of September 8, 1941 from the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Front to the Chief of the Leningrad Region NKVD Prison. It is reported that two death sentences have been cancelled: against Golubykh N.I. and Menshov N.M. The Golubykh case has been sent for a new trial. It is ordered that this decision be announced to the prisoners against signature.
Transcript:
Copy.
SECRET.
Ex. No. 1
U.S.S.R.
MILITARY TRIBUNAL of the Leningrad Front.
September 8, 1941
No. 0834
TO THE CHIEF OF THE NKVD PRISON L.O.
By the definition of the Supreme Court of the LF of September 5, 1941, the Supreme Court sentences for those sentenced to capital punishment:
1. GOLUBYKH Nikolai Ivanovich, sentence VT 19 sk from 16.8.41 and
2. MENSHOV Nikolai Matveevich, sentenced to the 2nd Guards Division on 24.8.41.
cancelled, with respect to GOLUBYKH for a new trial from the stage of the judicial investigation and with respect to MENSHOV from the stage of the preliminary investigation, which I ask that GOLUBYKH and MENSHOV announce against signature.
The preventive measure remains in custody for both of them.
p.p. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE VT LF
Brigvoyurist /MARCHENKO/
Copy is true: signature
List of persons:
- Golubykh Nikolai Ivanovich - convicted.
- Menshov Nikolai Matveevich - convicted.
- Marchenko is a brigade military lawyer and deputy chairman of the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Front.

Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 020: Голубых
009. Covering letter to the LVO VT. Leningrad, September 12, 1941
Covering letter dated September 12(?), 1941 from the internal prison of the Leningrad Region NKVD to the Military Tribunal of the Leningrad Military District. The letter contains receipts from prisoners Manshov (probably a distortion of the surname Menshov) N.M. and Golubykh N.I. that they have been informed that their sentences have been overturned.
Transcript:
Int. prison
September 12(?) 1941
16141
TO THE LVO MILITARY TRIBUNAL,
Herzen st., building 1.
We are forwarding the prisoners' receipts:
MANSHOV Nikolay Matveevich,
BLUE Nikolai Ivanovich,
in announcing to them the cancellation of the sentence and the referral of their case for further investigation and disposal.
APPENDIX: according to the text.
HEAD OF THE NKVD PRISON LO
Senior Lieutenant of State Security /Sokolov/
PRISON SECRETARY /Fokina/
List of persons :
- Manshov (Menshov) Nikolai Matveevich - prisoner.
- Golubikh Nikolai Ivanovich - prisoner.
- Sokolov is the head of the internal prison of the Leningrad Regional Directorate of the NKVD, a senior lieutenant of state security.
- Fokina is the prison secretary.
