Vasiliev

A certificate confirming the dispatch of prisoner Elena Aleksandrovna Fedorova to Prison No. 3 for evacuation, but with the caveat that no information about her has been received.

Full transcript:

REFERENCE

On December 15, 1941, regarding the procedure for the evacuation of [inaudible] a military convoy [from] the city of Leningrad to prison No. 3 in Tomsk, a group of prisoners arrived. [inaudible] with them were personal prison files, among which was the file on prisoner Elena Aleksandrovna Fedorov, born in 1891 , accused under Article 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (according to the documents - Article 58-10, Part 1. - E.B. ).

However, prisoner Fedorov was not delivered to prison, what happened to him en route to the prison is unknown and no information about him was transmitted by the convoy.

CHIEF OF PRISON 3 NKVD NSO

CAPTAIN OF STATE SECURITY /VASILIEV/

Secretary signature /KRAVTSOVA/

List of persons in the document:

• Fedorova Elena Alexandrovna - prisoner;
• Vasiliev - Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region, Captain of State Security, who signed the certificate;
• Kravtsova - Secretary.

Evidence that Lyachin died in prison from tuberculosis in July 1943.

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Novosibirsk Regional Court

Novosibirsk

Copy: To the Head of the Prison Department of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD

To the State Security Captain, Comrade BOZHOK, Novosibirsk

We hereby enclose the death certificate for prisoner Grigory Demidovich Lyachin, who died on 25/VII-43 in the hospital of prison No. 3 in Tomsk.

Appendix: Act.

CHIEF OF PRISON No. 3 OF THE NKVD OF THE NSO

CAPTAIN OF STATE SECURITY /VASILIEV/

SECRETARY /KRAVTSOVA/

Active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Doctor's signature /Nikolaeva/

DPN prison signature /Grebnev/

List of persons:

• Lyachin Grigory Demidovich - deceased prisoner.
• Nikolaeva is the doctor who confirmed death;
• Grebnev - DPN prison;
• Vasiliev - Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO, Captain of State Security;
• Kravtsova - secretary;
• Bozhok - Head of the prison department of the NKVD NSO, captain of the State Security.

Source information:

Typewritten text (possibly a carbon copy).

Condition: Text is difficult to read, paper is yellowed/dirty.

Notes: in the upper left corner there is a registration mark: “from 27/VII-43 / No. 757”.

Resolution on the release of Kraus K.G. from custody for transfer to the disposal of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

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Stamp:

USSR. NKVD. UNKVD for the Novosibirsk region.

Kozhevnikovsky district department.

January 31(?) 1944

No. 067(?)

s. Kozhevnikovo

Head of Tomsk Prison No. 3, Captain of State Security, Comrade VASILIEV. Tomsk, Novosibirsk Region.

I am sending you a resolution on the release from custody of the pre-trial detention facility held in prison No. 3 KRAUS, entrusted to you, Karl Gotlipovich.

I ask that KRAUS K. G. be released from custody, having taken from him a written undertaking to appear at the disposal of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

Deputy Chief of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD Junior Technician Lieutenant signature (KROTOV)

Inscription in the upper left corner: "in/x 57 31/I-44."

Persons mentioned:

• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of Tomsk Prison No. 3.
• Kraus Karl Gotlipovich - a prisoner of pretrial detention.
• Krotov is a junior technician lieutenant, deputy head of the Kozhevnikovsky RO NKVD.

The file contains a "Corpse Medical Examination Report" and a second sheet on blue paper, which is illegible. This is presumably the original document—the recording from which the typewritten copy was made. Here is a transcript of the typewritten copy of the Report.

Transcript:

"I APPROVE"

Head of Prison No. 3 of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD

Captain of State Security

/Vasiliev/

ACT of medical examination of a corpse 25/VII-45

Based on order number 0457 and the order of the Head of Prison No. 3 of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD, Captain of State Security Vasiliev, I, the doctor of Nikolaeva Prison, in the presence of Comrade Grebneva, the prison's DPN, conducted an external examination of the body of prisoner Grigory Demidovich LYACHIN.

The body is male, of average height, well-built, and severely emaciated. Rigor mortis has set in. The scalp is pale. The facial tissue is pale, and the labial mucosa is cyanotic. The neck is long and undamaged. The rib cage is cylindrical, with prominent ribs and retracted intercostal spaces. The upper and lower extremities are pale, and the bones are intact. The nasal, ear, and rectal openings are free of foreign objects.

Based on the above and case history number 268-13, the death of prisoner Grigory Demidovich LYACHIN was natural and occurred from active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Doctor: signature /Nikolaeva/

Prison DPN: signature /Grebnev/

List of persons:

• Lyachin Grigory Demidovich - deceased prisoner.
• Nikolaeva is the doctor who confirmed death;
• Grebnev - DPN prison;
• Vasiliev - Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO, Captain of State Security.

Source information:

Typewritten text (possibly a carbon copy). Signatures are autographs.

Condition: Text is difficult to read, paper is yellowed/dirty.

In the upper left corner is a round coat of arms seal, the text is illegible: “... for the Novosibirsk region...”

Arrest order for Kraus K.G. from February 1944 on a new charge. While in prison No. 3, he is accused of counterrevolutionary pro-fascist agitation among cellmates (Article 58-10 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR), praising Hitler and the German army.

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I APPROVE:

DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE NKVD DEPARTMENT OF THE NSO STATE SECURITY MAJOR /KORNILEV/

I AUTHORIZE ARREST:

PROSECUTOR OF NOVOSIBIRSK REGION STATE COUNSELLOR OF JUSTICE III CLASS [signature]

DECREE / For arrest /

City. Tomsk Novosibirsk region "__" February 1944

I, Deputy Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region, Junior Lieutenant of State Security BASHLYKOV, having reviewed the material on criminal activity:

KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich, born in 1905, native of the village of Orlovskoye, Markshtatsky District, Volga German ASSR, German by nationality, citizen of the USSR, no permanent residence, illiterate, from the middle peasants, without a permanent place of residence or work, was exiled to the Kozhevnikovsky District of the Novosibirsk Region, from where he fled. For which he was arrested on 23.V.43 by the Tugansky ROM NKVD and charged under Art. 82, Part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, and is currently being held in Prison No. 3 in Tomsk.

FOUND:

That KRAUSS, while under arrest in prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO during November–December 1943, systematically carried out counter-revolutionary [pro-fascist] agitation among his cellmates, aimed at undermining the power of the Soviet state, for example:

In mid-November 1943, KRAUSS denigrated the Soviet government and the leaders of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and made various insults against the leaders of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Here he also praised the cannibal Hitler and his “order.”

In the last days of November 1943, KRAUSS slandered the Red Army and, on the contrary, praised the German army and its equipment, proving to his cellmates the inevitable defeat of the USSR in the modern war with Nazi Germany.

In the first days of December 1943, KRAUSS made slanderous statements about the Soviet government and the Red Army. At the same time, he praised the German army and the bandit Hitler.

In the last days of December 1943, KRAUSS expressed similar counter-intelligence fabrications, and simultaneously slandered the Soviet press.

The pro-fascist activities of KRAUSS are confirmed by the testimony of witnesses VYKHREST P.E., FEDOSEYEV A.K., RYABKOV T.P. and MAKARENKO A.I.

Based on the above

RESOLVED:

KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich is to be arrested and searched.

Deputy Head of Prison No. 3 NKVD NSO Junior Lieutenant of State Security /Bashlykov/

AGREE: Head of Prison No. 3 NKVD NSO Captain of State Security /VASILIEV/

Head of the Prison Department of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region Major of State Security /BOZHOK/

Persons mentioned:

• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - accused.
• Korniliev is a major of state security, deputy head of the NKVD NSO.
• Bashlykov is a junior lieutenant of state security, deputy head of prison No. 3.
• Vykhrest P.E., Fedoseeva A.K., Ryabkova T.P., Makarenko A.I. - witnesses.
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of the prison.
• Bozhok is a major in state security, head of the prison department.

Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure from February 1944, duplicating the arrest resolution (Doc. 10). The basis is suspicion of crimes under Art. 58-10 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and the possibility of hiding from the investigation.

Transcript :

The text largely repeats the content of Sheet 14 and Sheet 15, including the names of Korniliev, Bashlykov, Vasiliev and Bozhok.

...

FOUND:

That KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich is suspected of crimes under Article 58-10, Part II of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and taking into account that KRAUSS, being in custody in prison on general grounds, may be transferred from prison and thereby hide from the investigation and trial...

RESOLVED:

The measure to prevent the methods of evading investigation and trial in relation to KRAUSS Karl Gottliebovich is to be held in custody in prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO...

Persons mentioned:

• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - accused.
• Korniliev is a major of state security, deputy head of the NKVD NSO.
• Bashlykov is a junior lieutenant of state security, deputy head of prison No. 3.
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3.
• Bozhok is a major in state security, head of the prison department.

Medical examination report of the body of prisoner Karl Gottliebovich Kraus. The cause of death has been established.

Transcript

I approve the Head of Prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region

Captain of State Security Comrade Vasiliev signature

ACT of medical examination of the corpse of a prisoner

Based on order No. 0457 and the order of the head of prison No. 3 of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region, state security captain comrade Vasiliev, I, as a doctor,

Yakimova, in the presence of DPNT Z comrade Katuntsev, examined the body of prisoner Kraus Karl Gatlipovich, born in 1905.

The corpse is male, of normal build. Tall, with severe emaciation. The scalp and face are pale, the mucous membrane of the lips is pale. The eyes and mouth are closed. The tongue is behind the teeth, the neck is intact. The chest is cylindrical. The ribs are sharply drawn inward. The intercostal spaces are also. The abdomen is sharply drawn in. The openings of the nose, ears and anus are without extraneous damage. The coverings of the upper and lower extremities are pale. The muscles of the entire corpse are atrophied. No other changes were found during external examination.

Based on the above and case history No. 165/23 , the death of prisoner Karl Gatlipovich Kraus was natural and occurred from Pellagra and exhaustion.

Acting Yakimova

DPNT Z Katuntsev

Persons mentioned:

• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of the prison.
• Yakimova is a doctor.
• Katuntsev - DPNT Z (on-duty assistant to the prison warden).
• Kraus Karl Gottliebovich - deceased prisoner.

An official letter from the warden of Prison No. 3 of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD to the chief physician of the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital. The document reports the referral of prisoner Alexei Petrovich Serebrennikov for a sanity assessment based on a ruling by the NKVD Investigative Department.
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TO THE CHIEF PHYSICIAN OF THE TOMSK MENTAL HOSPITAL, TOMSK.

Copy: TO THE CHIEF OF THE INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE NKVD FOR THE AK. CITY OF BARNAUL.

Based on the decision of the Investigative Department of the NKVD of the AK, we hereby send prisoner Aleksey Petrovich SEREBRENNIKOV to your disposal for a determination of his sanity.

A copy of the resolution is attached.

CHIEF OF PRISON No. 3 NKVD NSO CAPTAIN

STATE SECURITY.- [signature] (VASILIEV).-

Secretary. - [signature] (KRAVTSOV).-

Persons mentioned in the document

• Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO;
• Kravtsov is the secretary of prison No. 3.

Document Information

Source format: Typewritten on a sheet of paper (copy or cover note).

Presence of signatures and their form: Signatures - autographs (two signatures).

Condition and legibility: Fair/poor. The paper has traces of moisture, stains, and creases. The left edge of the text is heavily darkened, and some words are difficult to read due to weak printing and overlaps; the right edge is torn.

Presence of marks: There is a stamp in the upper left corner - illegible.

Official notification from the head of prison No. 3 of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD to the head of the investigative department of the Altai Krai Directorate of the NKVD regarding the death of a prisoner and the attachment of the relevant act.

Full transcript:

TO THE CHIEF OF THE INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE NKGB DEPARTMENT FOR THE ALTA REGION

TO STATE SECURITY MAJOR T. RENTSEV(?). city of Barnaul.

We are sending a copy of the act of the Tomsk psychiatric hospital dated 7/II-44 on prisoner ALEXEY PETROVICH SEREBRENNIKOV, who died on 6/II-44.

Appendix: copy of the act.

CHIEF OF PRISON No. 3 OF THE NKVD OF THE NSO

CAPTAIN OF STATE SECURITY.- (VASILIEV).-

SECRETARY.- (KRAVTSOV).-

List of persons:

• Rentsev is a major in state security, head of the investigative department of the NKVD Directorate for the Altai Territory.
• Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich - deceased prisoner.
• Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3.
• Kravtsov is the secretary of prison No. 3.

Source Information

Source format: Typewritten on poor quality paper.

Presence of signatures and their form: There are no signatures (only last names in brackets are indicated).

Condition and legibility: Poor; text is heavily faded, paper is dark and wrinkled.

Presence of marks: Mark: in the upper left corner handwritten “8584 18/II-44” (registration number and date).

Presence of stamps and seals: none.