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Preliminary Inventory to the Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers

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Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 1 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers Title: Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers Date (inclusive): 1918-1933 Collection Number: 38003 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: Russian Physical Description: 17 manuscript boxes(7.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Clippings, writings, correspondence and reports, relating to the and Civil War, and the operations of the . Also available on microfilm. Creator: Melʹgunov, S. P. (Sergeĭ Petrovich), 1879-1956 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Subjects and Indexing Terms Secret service -- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 Civil rights -- Soviet Union Agabekov, Georgiĭ Sergeevich Dzerzhinskiĭ, F. Ė (Feliks Ėdmundovich), 1877-1926 Russian S.F.S.R.. Chrezvychaĭnai͡a komissii͡a po borʹbe s kontr-revoli͡ut͡sieĭ i sabotazhem Soviet Union. Obʺedinennoe gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie

Individual Accounts of Witnesses and Victims 1918-1920 box 1, folder 1 "In the Bolshevik Hospital, Petrograd, by V. G. Orzhekhovsky 1918-1919 " 1925. " events in June-July, 1919," by Iu. Zubelevich. "Red and White ," by A. T. Kuznetsov, Member of the Constituent Assembly from the Region. "Rumors and legends" (On Bolshevik stay in Kiev) Bulletin of the Central Committee of the Party of Left Socialist April 1919 "In Yaroslav prison, by K. Marov Bishop Mitrofan of the Don reports on his arrest 1920," 1918 box 1, folder 2 "Two days in the Simferopol ." "Lubianka 14-10," by G. V. "Torture on the Bench," handwritten copy in Latvian from Brihwa Seme, No. 71 March 31, 1921 Account by American citizen Kalamiano: "In Butyrka prison 1920." "Analysis of Bolshevik terror," by M. I. "In Bolshevik torture-chamber," by S. Vl-v. Letter on certain "Ozolin." "Chrezvychaika." box 1, folder 3 Notes on Butyrka Prison. Clippings box 1, folder 4 Soviet and non-Soviet papers 1918-1919. box 1, folder 5 Terroristic measures after the attempt on Soviet officials in Lenot'evskii Per., Moscow 1919 box 1, folder 6 Communist arguments re Cheka 1918-1919 box 1, folder 7 Miscellaneous 1919

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 2 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers box 1, folder 8-9 Terror and executions 1920-1921. box 2, folder 10 Trials and executions 1921-1923 box 2, Arrests, trials, executions 1924 folder 11-12 box 2, folder 13 Arrests, trials, executions 1925. box 2, folder 14 Arrests, trials, executions 1926 box 3, folder 15 Arrests, trials, executions 1926 box 3, Arrests, trials, executions 1927 folder 16-18 box 4, Donbass trials 1928 folder 19-20 box 4, folder 21 Donbass trials 1928 Volfman's trial 1928 Political prisoners, executions 1928 box 4, folder 22 Opposition, arrests, trials, executions, espionage abroad 1929. box 4, folder 23 Cheka 1918-1927 Cheka box 4, folder 24 "Codification of ," article by Al. Makletsov. "Political trials in the USSR," compiled by Ia. S. G- ch. Resolution of the 3rd Regional Congress of Representatives, Guliaipole... and others April 10, 1919 " in ," manuscript by S. Melgunov May 15, 1925 "Red Terror in Russia," manuscript by S. Melgunov. "Ado Bizk," manuscript "Execution of English officer Sidney Reilly," manuscript Report of the Inspection Committee about the Cheka's Places of Detention in Poltava, manuscript signed by Dr. Mashevskii Letter from Fedorchuk to Petrovskii May 23, 1919 Statement by a member of the Central Executive Committee and Secretary of the Kiev Executive Committee addressed to the Cheka April 8, 1919 Political Red Cross statement to the Presidium 1921 Minutes of a Cheka meeting July 25, 1919 Recollections of N. P. and U. S. Savitskii and M. V. Chernosvidov on arrival of to Chernigov January 23, 1918 Report No. 374 of Information Section, Head-quarters, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army: Situation in Turkestan Feb. 9, 1921 Excerpt from "Sotsialisticheskii Vestnik," No. 8 May 20, 1921 Report No. 563 from General Miller to Ambassador in Arkhangel'sk April 19, 1919 "Kalinin and the G.P.U.," No 22 Authorization of the Foreign Communists-Bolsheviks to search foreign consulates, signed by Fisher May 26, 1919 Kharkov Prison file on Mrs. D. A. Baeva Death sentence of Aleksandr Grigorevich Bulygin, Riazanskie Izv. No. 201 Sept. 7, 1919 Left Socialist Revolutionaries in Bolshevik prisons, Bulletin No. 4 April, 1919 Activity of V.Ch.K. train in Voronezhskie Izvestiia, No. 179 (484) August 12, 1919 Appeal to fight the enemies of the revolution, Kievskie Izvestiia, No. 99 July 24, 1919 Letters to Melgunov Anna Nikulina, Bosna, Vlasenica March 5, 1924 Baroness D. Foelckersam February 23, 1924 F. Rostovtsev "In Chernigov," recollections of E. D. Kuskova "In ," typewritten reports "In cities and villages," Bulletin of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, No. 6 May 1919 "Ukrainian Cheka," typewritten report "Kiev," investigation of the Rerberg Commission, manuscript

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 3 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers box 4, folder 25 Events in Kiev and Ukraine 1918-1927 box 4, folder 26 Statistical data on executions 1918-1927 Clippings box 5, folder 27 Cheka members box 5, folder 28 Cheka 1919-1930 box 5, folder 29 Cheka anniversaries (five, ten, thirteen years). box 5, folder 30 Cheka 1919-1929 box 5, Felix Dzierzynski folder 31-32 box 6, folder 33 Articles on OGPU by G. Agabekov from Poslednie Novosti 1930 box 6, folder 34 "Death Camps," by Kiselev in Rul' 1931 "Work and Ways of the GPU," in Vozrozhenie 1926 Confessions of GPU agent Nikolai Bezpalov in Volia Rossii 1924 box 6, folder 35 Georges Agabekov box 6, Chekist Albert Pirro folder 36-37 box 6, folder 38 Recollections on imprisonment 1918-1925 box 7, folder 39 G.P.U. 1919-1927 box 7, folder 40 "One week at the mercy of the G.P.U.," by Pavel Dolgorukov, Rul' 1924 G.P.U. box 7, folder 41 "O.G.P.U.," manuscript fy a former Chekist Opperput's testimony on secret agencies. Relations between NKID-GPU-Comintern List of secret agents known to Opperput Organization of the G.P.U. Methods of operation "Reorganization of the G.P.U.," from Poslednie Novosti box 7, folder 42 Clippings Amensty for political prisoners on the 5th anniversary of the revolution Persecution and trials of Social-Democrats 1920-22 Articles "Wandering," by Gr. Aronson "Notes of a prison warden," Gr. Aronson Cheka box 7, folder 43 "Rare document," with commentary by A. Kuprin from Obshchee delo November 7, 1921 Clippings on annulment of capital punishment 1920 Clippings on local governments against Red Terror 1918 Directives to local Cheka December 1, 1918 Circular No. 2534 to all railroad and water transport Cheka commissions June 11, 1919 box 7, folder 44 "Five Years in Soviet Prisons," by Said Kureishi from Poslednie Novosti 1927 Clippings box 7, folder 45 Cheka 1920-1924 box 7, folder 46 Recollections on imprisonment 1921-1929 box 8, folder 47 Insurrection, prisons, executions 1925 box 8, folder 48 Public Protest Against Terror Letter from Roger Baldwin (Director, American Liberties Union) to Berkman. Translation from English to Russian September 8, 1924 Questionnaire for former political prisoners Mémorandum présenté par la délégation du Parti socialiste révolutionnaire à l'étranger au Congrès des trois unions internationales des partis socialistes et communistes April 2, 1922 Appel au mondial, with Russian translation August 2, 1922, Two bulletins of the Joint Committee for the Defense of Revolutionists Imprisoned in Russia, Berlin 1925, 1926

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 4 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers Chronicle of persecution in Soviet Russia. Non-periodical bulletin, Berlin, Nos. 1, 2 1924, Chronik de Verfolgungen in Sowjetrussland, Berlin 1924 Clippings from various newspapers 1921-1924 Clippings box 9, folder 49 "Without Freedom," by A. Argunov from Na Chuzhoi Storone "Four days in Lubianka," by I. Zakharin from Na Chuzhoi Storone "Lubianka," by Nikolai Bezpalo from Volia Rossii "Zalozhnik," by N. V. L'vov box 9, folder 50 Solovki 1924-1930 box 9, folder 51 "Dreadful Years," by Said Kureisha in Rul', "Taganka, Solovki, Butyrka," by Said Kureisha in Slovo, December 1926 box 9, folder 52 "Peterburg - Solovki, Parizh," by S. Snezhevskii from Dni 1927 "Solovki - Island of Torture and Death," by Mal'sagov in Segodnia 1925 box 9, folder 53 Bolshevik secret service and espionage 1921-1930. Maurice Conradi's Trial box 10, folder 54 Various documents 1923 box 10, Clippings folder 55-60 Vorovskii's Assassination box 10, folder 61 Clippings from Soviet Press Investigation of Bolshevik Atrocities box 11, folder 62 Establishment of a special commission Rules and regulations of the special commision Programme concerning activities of the special commission List of photographs (photos not included) List of findings Testimonies of witnesses Articles from Na Chuzhoi Storone box 11, folder 63 Reports of special commission Clippings box 11, folder 64 Foreigners on Soviet terror 1920-1928 box 11, folder 65 "In the Clutches of the Cheka," from Vozrozhdenie August-September 1928 box 11, folder 66 "Testimony of witnesses," Nikolaevsk na Amure 1920 "Soviet Exile," by D. Viatkin, Volia Rosii, box 11, folder 67 Red Terror 1920-1930 box 11, folder 68 On A. Pirro, P. Stuchka, Dzerzhinskii, Gen. N. V. Ruzskii, Prince Pavel Aleksandrovich, V. P. Mukhin box 11, folder 69 V. Brunovski case Insurrections in Kronstadt, Karelia, Amur Events in Crimea, Caucasus, Ukraine box 11, folder 70 June 24, June 26, August 29, 1919 box 12, folder 71 "Notes of a former Soviet Lawyer," by E. Nagel' in Poslednie Novosti 1933 "Peterburg-Solovki-Parizh," by V. Svezhevskii in Dni 1928 "Reminiscences of Princess S. A. Volkonskii," by N. Chebyshev, reviewing Gore Pobezhdenym 1933 "His Serene Highness Appearing Before the Chairman of the Cheka," by R. Vel'skii reviewing Gore Pobezhdenym 1933 "Escape of Princess Palei," by A. Lidin from Slovo 1920 "Interrogation," short story by A. Kuprin from Vozrozhdenie 1930 box 12, folder 72 Individual accounts of witnesses and victims 1929-1935 box 12, folder 73 Illustrated Bolshevism, published by Dvuglavyi Orel, "Appeal to the American People," Paris 1922 November 7, 1930 box 12, folder 74 Chronicle of Red terror from Bor'ba za Rossiiu Clippings box 12, folder 75 Chekists (Dzerzhinskii, Menzhinskii, others) box 12, Accounts of Red terror by foreigners 1928-1933 folder 75-78

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 5 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers box 12, folder 79 Accounts of former Chekists 1926-1932 box 13 Clippings on arrests, trials, executions 1918-1930 Report by Iu. Kluchnikov to the Russian Political Conference in Paris when he was no longer in charge of the Omsk Foreign Ministry, Deals with the Ufa Directorate, Kolchak cou d'etat, Kolchak government, etc. June 2, 1919. Telegrams between anti-Bolshevik political leaders concerning policy on former Russian borderlands January-December 1919 Political conference in Paris, unsigned reports and letters on the anti-Bolshevik Russian policies with regard to national minorities (Baltic States and Belorussia). Savinkov and others on Polish problem 1920 Attitude of the Allies. Interview in Kiev Manuscript on the Ukranian question by the Delegation of the Political Conference, Paris September 1, 1921 Letter from Gen. Boldyrev to Chaikovsky on the situation in March 26, 1919 Letter to S. S. Maslov to Chaikovsky November 3, 1918 Telegram to Russian representative in Copenhagen from the Provisional Russian Government formed on September 23, 1918, on organization and work of the new government October 2, 1918 Kolchak Government official telegrams on military and political problems in Siberia December 1918 - December 1919 Memorandum by S. I. Morozov on organization of revolt against Bolsheviks in Siberia on May-June 1918 and on organization of Siberian government September 12, 1918 Memorandum to Admiral Kolchak from Allied and Associated Powers; Kolchak's reply July 1, 1919 "Kolchak's Crime," manuscript by Aleksandr Goibarg, Head of the Department of Justice of the Siberian Committee Declaration of the Provisional Government 1918 Report on circumstances connected with the deportation of five members of the Provisional Government to Solovki, Chaplin's coup d'etat. September 5-6, 1918. On the upheaval in Arkhangel'sk 1918 Official correspondence (mostly telegrams) of the Provisional Government. -October 1919 Excerpts from minutes of the March 26, 1919 session of the Provisional Government Chaikovsky correspondence re northern region Correspondence between Gen. Miller and Sazonov, re winding up the northern campaign and future plans following defeat March-April 1920 Gaida's revolt in Vladivostok. Informatsionnyi listok, illegally published by the Union for the Regeneration of Russia Nikolai V. Chaikovsky correspondence with Ekaterina K. Breshko-Breshkovskaia Nikolai V. Chaikovsky's correspondence Nikolai V. Chaikovsky's speeches Va. A. Bakhmetev, former ambassador to the U.S. (under Kerensky) on U.S. attitude toward anti-Bolshevik movement October 21, 1919 V. A. Bakhmetev on policies to be pursued in anti-Bolshevik movement March 18, 1919 "First Anniversary of the Kronstadt Garrison Mutiny," Krasnaiia Gorka, by M. N. Nekliudov Summer 1919 Translated excerpt from M. Merts' Sagies Latwija'., Riga 1925. Donskoi Krai, No. 12, Organ of the Provisional Government of the Don. Contains article "The Germans in the Ukraine." May 5 (18), 1918. Vestnik Vremmenogo Pravitelstva Severnoi Oblasti. Newspaper published in Arkhangelsk, (incomplete) December 17, 1918; January 1, 1919; September-October 1919 box 14 A. A. Neratov, telegrams 1919 Copy of the Resolution of the Extraordinary Kuban Regional Rada (Council) November 11, 1918

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 6 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers Declaration of the Don Voisko Krug (Parliament), on future Russia as a democratic country June 1, 1919 Copy of Report on Cossak uprising in the Upper Don Region against Bolsheviks spring 1919 Minutes of the Supreme Krug (Parliament) of the Don, Kuban, and Terek regions January 1920 Declaration of the democratic groups in South Russia January 29, 1920 Statement in French re formation of a new democratic government in South Russia Provisional Land Law Project of the government in South Russia, Drafted by Pavel Ageev. February 24, 1920. Report of events in the last days of the Council of Ministers of the government in South Russia April 6-9, 1920 Letters to Nikolai Chaikovsky on the situation in South Russia 1919-1921 Appeals of the Russian delegation in Yassy to Allied powers November 1918 Memorandum (in French) presented to Allied governments by the National and Democratic Russian Bloc on aid to Russia by Allied powers and the United States Kerensky's activities and impressions abroad in connection with the Allies' attitude to the Russian anti-Bolshevik cause, Letters, telegrams, etc. 1918. Documents of the Russian Political Conference and of the political delegation representing Russian anti-Bolshevik governments before the Allies in Paris 1918-1919. British attitude to the Russian anti-Bolshevik cause 1919 Chaikovsky's correspondence re French and British attitude to Russian anti-Bolshevik cause 1919 Chaikovsky's memorandum to Clemenceau on Russian anti-Bolshevik cause, and Chaikovsky to President of the Council of Great Britain. 1918; Extract from a letter to Mr. Paul Boyer, (in French) June 21, 1918 Speech by Menard-Dorian, (in French) May 6, 1919 Reports from prison 1912 Clippings 1930-1931 Uprising in Siberia 1925-1931 Various trials 1927 Trials of Kondrat'ev, Groman, others 1930-1931 Execution of the "48," 1930 Reprisals against the Chekists 1925-1932 Shakhtinskii trial 1928 Trial of the "Industrial Party," 1927-1930 Events in Moscow 1925-1931 Events in St. Petersburg 1925-1927 Events in the Ukraine 1925-1931 Events in RSFSR 1925-1930 Events in the Caucasus 1925-1933 Events in Turkestan and the Urals 1925-1932 box 15 GPU abroad 1921-1933 Russian Chekists in Romania 1932 GPU methods, trials, executions 1931 GPU 1932 Trial of I. Shtern 1932 Fugitives from the U.S.S.R. 1932 Prisons and exiles 1932 Executions 1932-1933 Red terror 1934 Gen. A. P. Kutepov affair 1930 box 16 Arrests, trials, executions, etc. 1926 Arrests, prisons, exiles 1928-1929 Opposition to Cheka 1928-1929 Executions 1928-1930

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 7 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers Fugitives from the U.S.S.R. 1930 GPU 1930 Protests in Western Europe 1930 Exiles 1930 Executions 1931 Prisons, exiles, trials of saboteurs 1931 Trials of saboteurs 1932-1934 Arrests, exiles, trials of saboteures 1933 box 17 Trial of British saboteurs 1933 Trials and executions after Kirov's assassination 1934 Executions, prisons, exiles after Kirov's assassination 1935 Executions, prisons, exiles 1936 Trials of Trotskyists-Zinovievists 1936 Trials, executions, etc. 1937 Trial of the "17," 1936-1937

Preliminary Inventory to the 38003 8 Sergei Petrovich Mel'gunov papers