Istomin Mikhail Fedorovich

A procedural document justifying a preventive measure in the form of detention.

Full transcript:

I APPROVE

CHIEF OF THE NKVD OF THE ROSTOV REGION

Major of State Security

        (Pokotilo)

September 4, 1941

I authorize the arrest of:

Assistant to the regional prosecutor for special cases

(Bokarev)

September 5, 1941

13:40

RESOLUTION (on the selection of a preventive measure)

1941 August " " Novocherkassk, Rostov region.

I, Senior Operative of the Special Purpose Police Department of the Novocherkassk City Department of the NKVD, State Security Sergeant KUDRIN, having reviewed the available materials on:

LITVINOVA Tatyana Dmitrievna, born in 1886, native of Kursk, non-party member, literate, currently without a specific occupation, residing in Novocherkassk, at Moskovskaya Street, No. 39 (?)

FOUND:

LITVINOVA Tatyana Dmitrievna, being hostile to the Soviet government and the [inaudible] actions it is carrying out, slanders the lives of workers in the USSR, slanders the Soviet press, praises and awaits the arrival of Hitler.

Considering that the actions of Ms. Litvinova are criminally punishable and are provided for in Article 58-[inaudible] of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, and considering that LITVINOVA leads a parasitic lifestyle and, while at liberty, may evade investigation and trial, and therefore:

RESOLVED:

As a preventive measure for Tatyana Dmitrievna Litvinova's attempts to evade investigation and trial, she shall be held in custody in prison, and, in accordance with Article 146 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, she shall be declared under arrest and shall sign a receipt in this resolution.

In accordance with Article 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, a copy of this resolution shall be sent to the prosecutor of the Rostov Region and transferred to the head of the prison department for inclusion in the personal prison file.

Senior operative of the Special Purpose Police Department of the NKVD

STATE SECURITY SERGEANT (Kudrin)

Head of SPO NGO NKVD

State Security Lieutenant (Zhalnin?)

Head of the Novocherkassk NKVD

Senior Lieutenant of State Security (Istomin)

AGREE: Head of the Special Purpose Department of the NKVD of the Rostov Region.

Captain of State Security (Smolin)

Correct o/upol signature

[inaudible] the decree was "announced" to me on August 1941 [signature and date missing]

List of persons:

• Litvinova Tatyana Dmitrievna - accused;
• Kudrin - State Security Sergeant, Senior Operative of the Special Purpose Police Department of the Novocherkassk City District of the NKVD, drafter of the Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure;
• Zhalnin? - The head of the Novocherkassk GONKVD SPO, State Security Lieutenant, signed the Resolution;
• Istomin - Head of the Novocherkassk NKVD, Senior Lieutenant of State Security, signed the Resolution;
• Smolin - Head of the SPO NKVD Rostov Region, Captain of State Security, approved the Resolution;
• Pokotilo - Head of the NKVD of the Rostov Region, Major of State Security, approving person;
• Bokarev, Assistant to the Rostov Regional Prosecutor for Special Cases, authorized the arrest.

Source information:

Source format: Typescript, not the first copy. Signatures: signature of the authorized officer who certified the copy. Condition: satisfactory.

Presence of marks: No.