Rentsev Ivan Ivanovich

Resolution of the Investigative Department of the NKVD Directorate for the Altai Territory on sending the accused Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov for a forensic psychiatric examination in connection with the commission of anti-Soviet agitation and the presence of information about mental illness.

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"I approve"

Head of the NKGB Directorate of the USSR for the AK

Colonel of the State Security Service, signature /Voloshenko/

September 29, 1943

RESOLUTION

/on the production of forensic psychiatric examination/

September 27, 1943, Barnaul, Altai Territory.

I, Investigator of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory

Junior Lieutenant of State Security FILIMONOV, having examined the materials of investigative case No. 3279/a on the charge

Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich in the crime provided for in Article 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR,

FOUND:

Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich, born in 1898, native

Vergash village (?), Biysk district, Altai Krai, peasant by social origin, employee by social status, Altai by nationality, non-party member, USSR citizen, literate, non-party member, pensioner, lived in Novo-Tyryshkino village, Smolensk district, Altai Krai. Arrested by the Smolensk regional department of the NKGB under the AK on August 14, 1943.

He is accused of conducting anti-Soviet propaganda among the population.

defeatist propaganda, made threats against the party

Soviet activists of the district, which is sufficiently proven by the materials

investigative case.

From the certificate of the doctor of the Sychevsky medical district from 14/V-40, which is in the investigative file, it is clear that Serebrennikov

suffers from schizophrenia, so it is necessary to determine whether he is sane.

Based on the above,

RESOLVED:

The accused, Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov, is sent to a psychiatric hospital for a forensic psychiatric examination to determine his sanity.

Considering that the accused Serebrennikov may be in the hospital

to be in custody for a long time, to have his case investigated

on the basis of Article 206, paragraph 6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR - suspend until the accused arrives from the hospital.

The case should be handed over for safekeeping to the 1st Special Department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK.

A copy of this resolution shall be sent to the head of Department "A" of the NKGB AK for execution.

Investigator of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK

/FILIMONOV/ signature

Agree: Head of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Armed Forces

Major of State Security

/Rentsev/ signature

Persons mentioned in the document

• Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich - accused; involved in the investigation; sent for a forensic psychiatric examination.
• FILIMONOV - junior lieutenant of state security; investigator of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory; drafted and signed the resolution.
• Rentsev, Head of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory and Major of State Security, approved the resolution.
• The doctor of the Smolensk medical district is a medical specialist; he prepared a report on the mental state of the accused (mentioned).
• Voloshenko, Head of the USSR NKGB Directorate for the AK, Colonel of State Security, approved the document.

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The document's condition and legibility: the document is heavily worn, with dirt, tears, and abrasions; legibility is average, with some fragments difficult to discern.

Notes, signatures, stamps and seals

Stamp at the top of the sheet: "NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory"

Note at the top of the sheet, left: illegible handwritten signature ([autograph])

Signatures - at the bottom of the document: two handwritten signatures (autographs).

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.

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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.

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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.