Leonid Kuzmich Solovyov
Chief of the Tomsk City Department of the NKVD-NKGB (August 1941–May 1943). Later, he became Chief of the NKGB Department of the Moldavian SSR for the city of Chisinau, headed the "O" Department of the MGB of Moldova, and deputy chief of the MGB Directorate for the Chelyabinsk Region. Colonel (1951)
Leonid Kuzmich Solovyov was born in March 1910 in the village of Urlapovo, Shipunovsky District, Altai Krai, to a family of farmers. He completed his secondary education, graduating from a nine-year school in Barnaul. His service record listed "first-grade teacher" under "occupation." He began his career at the age of eighteen as a bailiff in the Barnaul District Court, then worked as an investigator in the District Prosecutor's Office. In January 1933, his Cheka career began, first as an authorized representative of the economic department of the Barnaul OGPU operations sector. Two years later, he joined the OGPU Plenipotentiary Representative Office for the West Siberian Territory, where he conducted operational work and headed a branch, and then the third department, of the State Security Directorate of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region. He also served for a time as deputy of the Stalin City NKVD Department in Kuzbass. “For his merciless fight against counterrevolution,” he was awarded the badge of honorary worker of the NKVD in 1937, and two years later he was accepted as a member of the Communist Party.
In August 1941, with the rank of lieutenant in state security, L.K. Solovyov became the head of the Tomsk city department of the NKVD. This was the initial period of the Great Patriotic War, its most difficult months, marked by bloody battles and the continued retreat of Soviet troops along the entire front. At the same time, an unprecedented evacuation of hundreds of industrial enterprises and institutions deep into the country began, many of which ended up in Tomsk. The NKVD city department and its head devoted great attention to the placement of the evacuated factories, working with party, soviet, and economic bodies in Tomsk to facilitate their rapid construction, development, and launch. It is no coincidence that one of L.K. Solovyov's first speeches at the plenum of the Tomsk City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in November 1941 was entirely devoted to the work of the city's industrial enterprises. This same theme resurfaced in his speech at a meeting of the city's party activists, held in late January 1942. By that time, many evacuated factories had already begun producing military goods. Local enterprises were also reoriented to meet the needs of the front. L.K. Solovyov emphasized the need for increased vigilance, citing instances of theft and poor security at military factories. By the summer of 1942, according to L.K. Solovyov, spy rings had been uncovered in Tomsk and individual spies neutralized. The lack of access to NKVD documents from that period makes it difficult to definitively determine the identity of the aforementioned "spies" and "spy rings." At the same time, it is known that during the war, approximately 1,500 innocent residents of the Tomsk region were repressed, later rehabilitated. It is most likely among them that we should look for the very "spies" neutralized under the watchful eye of Solovyov. However, the capture of real spies also cannot be ruled out.
The fight against crime, which was alarmingly high in Tomsk during the first years of the war, was another matter. This was due both to the city's growing population due to evacuees, refugees, and street children, as well as to the economic difficulties of the wartime turmoil and the severe shortage of basic necessities. Furthermore, Tomsk's criminal underworld was swelled by various criminal elements flocking to the rear. They were confronted by the small Tomsk police force, weakened by constant mobilizations. In the first years of the war, the police failed to make any significant impact on the city's crime situation, despite the efforts of the NKVD.
In April 1943, the NKVD was divided into three departments: the NKGB, the Military Counterintelligence Service (SMERSH), and the NKVD. During this reorganization, L.K. Solovyov was transferred to the newly created Directorate of the People's Commissariat of State Security for Novosibirsk Oblast. A year later, he was seconded to work in the western regions of the country liberated from the enemy. There, he held the positions of deputy chief and chief of the NKGB department of the Moldavian SSR for the city of Chisinau, and headed the "O" department of the MGB of Moldova. Subsequently, after completing the operational leadership courses at the Higher School of the MGB of the USSR in 1948, L.K. Solovyov served for five years as deputy chief of the MGB Directorate for the Chelyabinsk Oblast, and then as deputy chief of the UMVD and deputy chief of the Militia Department of the UMVD. In February 1951, he was promoted to colonel. By order of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs dated March 11, 1958, L.K. Solovyov was dismissed “for discrediting reasons.”
Source: Larkov N., Chernova I. Police masters, commissars, chiefs (Heads of law enforcement agencies of the Tomsk province, district and region in the XIX-XX centuries) Tomsk.-1999.P. 145-147.
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Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 040: Воробьев
002. Decree on the selection of a preventive measure. Tomsk, September 1941
A decision to select a preventive measure—pretrial detention—for citizen Dmitry Yakovlevich Vorobyov, born in 1883, a resident of the village of Gorbunova. He is suspected of crimes under Article 58-II, Part 2 of the RSFSR. The document was approved by the Head of the NKVD and sanctioned by the Prosecutor.
Full transcript:
I APPROVE
Head of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region
Major of State Security
/BECKMAN/
„ __ “ September 1941
Regional Prosecutor for the Novosibirsk Region
„ __ “ September 1941
RESOLUTION
(on the selection of a preventive measure)
City of Tomsk, “__” September 1941. I, an employee of the Tomsk City Directorate of the NKVD of the Novosibirsk Region, KONEV, having examined the materials received by the City Directorate of the NKVD on criminal activity:
Surname VOROVIEVA
Name and patronymic of Dmitry Yakovlevich
Year of birth 1883 Place of birth: Gorbunova village, Kozyulinsky village council, Tomsk district, Novosibirsk region
Profession and specialty [empty]
Place of work and position: collective farm "Ust-Krasny Rybak" village Gorbunova, Kozyulinsky village council,
Party membership no party.
Literate education
Nationality: Russian
USSR citizenship
Marital status [empty]
Address: Gorbunova village, Kozyulinsky village council, Tomsk district, Novosibirsk region
FOUND: that VOROVIEV D. Ya. is suspected of crimes under Art. 58, paragraph 10, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, and taking into account that VOROVIEV D. Ya., while at liberty, may abscond from the investigation and the court, guided by Art. Art. 145 and 158 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR,
RESOLVED:
The measure of restraint for Dmitry Yakovlevich Vorovyev'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 against signature in 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 prison warden for inclusion in the prison personnel file.
Employee of the Tomsk City NKVD signature / KONEV /
AGREE: Head of the Special Purpose Police Department of the Tomsk City NKVD
Junior Lieutenant of State Security / CHERNOV /
Head of the Tomsk City NKVD Lieutenant of the State Security Service / SOLOVIEV /
This resolution was announced to me [empty]
List of persons in the document:
- Vorobyov Dmitry Yakovlevich is a defendant in the case;
- Bekman Mikhail Fomich - Head of the NKVD Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region, Major of State Security, approved the Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure;
- Konev, an employee of the Tomsk City Directorate of the NKVD, drew up the Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure;
- Chernov Stepan Stepanovich - Head of the Special Purpose Police Department of the Tomsk City NKVD, Junior Lieutenant of State Security, approved the Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure;
- Leonid Kuzmich Solovyov, Chief of the Tomsk City NKVD, State Security Lieutenant, approved the Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure.
Source information:
A typewritten form; it appears to be a copy of the document, as it is missing dates and signatures. Only one signature—the autograph—is that of the employee who drafted the Resolution. The document's condition and legibility are satisfactory.
Presence of litter:
In the center, above the main text, is the stamp: “RE-REGISTERED IN 1941.”
Fund 100 / Inventory 005 / Case 002: Деев
003. RESOLUTION on the selection of a preventive measure. Novosibirsk, September 13, 1939.
Transcript
"I APPROVE"
CHIEF OF THE NKVD FOR THE NOVOSIBIRSK REGION. Major of State Security / KUDRYAVTSEV /
I AUTHORIZE ARREST:
REGIONAL MILITARY PROSECUTOR OF THE SIBVO signature / Likhovidov /
September 14, 1939
RESOLUTION (on the selection of a preventive measure)
City of Novosibirsk, September 13, 1939.
I, Head of the 2nd Department of the 3rd Department of the UGB NKVD for the Novosibirsk Region - GOLOVIN , having examined the investigative materials regarding citizen DEYEV Tikhon Sergeevich, 55 years old, Russian, citizen of the USSR, no pension, literate, native of the village of Sukhoi Log, Zyryansky District, a migrant worker, currently residing in the village of Cheremoshniki, Tomsk District, pensioner,
FOUND:
That DEEV is suspected of crimes under Articles 19-58, paragraph 8 and 58, paragraph 11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and taking into account that DEEV, while at large, may hide from the investigation and trial and continue his counter-revolutionary activities.
Guided by Articles 145 and 158 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, -
RESOLVED:
As a measure of prevention of methods of evading investigation and trial for Tikhon Sergeyevich DEEV, detention in custody shall be chosen, about which, in accordance with Article 146 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, the arrested person shall be notified against a receipt in 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 head of the prison for inclusion in the prison’s personal file.
BEGINNING OF 2ND DEPARTMENT OF 3RD DEPARTMENT OF THE UGB /GOLOVIN/
AGREE: DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE 3RD DEPARTMENT OF THE NKVD UGB
STATE SECURITY LIEUTENANT /SOLOVIEV/
This resolution was announced to me on "[??]" September 39.
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007. RESOLUTION On extending the investigation period. Novosibirsk, November 13, 1939
Transcript
"I APPROVE"
Deputy Head of the NKVD for Novosibirsk Region Senior Lieutenant of State Security (YASTREBCHIKOV)
RESOLUTION
(On extending the investigation period).
City of Novosibirsk, November 13, 1939
I, Senior Officer of the Prokopyevsk City NKVD – Junior Lieutenant of State Security TYULKOV, having examined investigative case No. 74 on charges against Tikhon Sergeevich DEYEV, Semyon Sergeevich DEYEV, Pavel Alekseevich BAUKOV and others, accused of a crime under Articles 19-58-2, 58-10, 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR,
FOUND
DEEV Tikhon Sergeevich, born in 1879, native of the village of Bogoslovka, Zyryanovsky district, Novosibirsk region, from the kulaks, a labor migrant. In 1919-1922 he served in Kolchak's punitive detachment.
Arrested on September 13, 1939, charged under Articles 19-58-2, 58-10-11 of the Criminal Code on September 25, 1939.
On the merits of the charges brought against him, he was questioned 4 times: 15/IX, 18/IX, 14/X,
As a participant in a counter-revolutionary rebel group, he did not admit guilt, but admitted that at the time of his recruitment into the organization, DEEV took on the obligation to provide all possible assistance to the rebel organization at the time of its action.
Convicted by the testimony and confrontation of BAUKOV P.A., the testimony of DEYEV S.S.
Taking into account that the investigation period expires on November 13, 1939, the following must be done: conduct a confrontation between DEYEVA T.S. and DEYEV S.S.
Interrogate 2-3 witnesses who know about the counter-revolutionary activities of DEEVA T.S. Conduct confrontations with them.
And therefore, guided by Article 116 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR,
DECIDED
File a petition with the Military Prosecutor of the Siberian Military District to extend the investigation period and to detain the accused Tikhon Sergeyevich DEYEV for a period of 20 days, i.e. until December 1, 1939.
St. o/Upol. Prokopyevsk GO NKVD Junior Lieutenant of State Security (TYULKOV)
"AGREE"
Deputy Head of 3rd Department of the UGB NKVD for Novosibirsk Region State Security Lieutenant (SOLOVIEV)
Chief of Investigation Department of the NKVD for the Novosibirsk Region Senior Lieutenant of State Security (YASTREBCHIKOV)
