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Държавна Сигурност И Юриспруденцията (1944-1975) Комисия за разкриване на документите и за обявяване на принадлежност на български граждани към Държавна сигурност и разузнавателните служби на Българската народна армия (КРДОПБГДСРСБНА) Държавна сигурност и юриспруденцията (1944-1975) 1 The Committee for Disclosing the Documents and Announcing Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens to the State Security and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian National Armed Forces (CDDAABCSSIBNAF) State Security And the Jurisprudence (1944-1975) D o c u m e n t a r y V o l u m e Комисия за разкриване на документите и за обявяване на принадлежност на български граждани към Държавна сигурност и разузнавателните служби на Българската народна армия (КРДОПБГДСРСБНА) Държавна сигурност 3 и юриспруденцията (1944-1975) Документален сборник София, 2015 4 © Комисия за разкриване на документите и за обявяване на принадлежност на български граждани към Държавна сигурност и разузнавателните служби на Българската народна армия, 2015 г. ISBN 978-954-2986-76-8 СЪДЪРЖАНИЕ Въведение............................................................................................................ 7 Списък на документите с анотация .............................................................. 16 Част I – Документи от историческия фонд и оперативния архив на МВР – док. 1 – 159 Александър Ангелов Гиргинов – док. 1-8................................................... 67 Александър Петров Огнянов – док. 9-12.................................................... 76 Ангел Симеонов Ангелов – док. 13-16........................................................ 82 Асен Константинов Аврамов – док. 17....................................................... 92 Атанас Симеонов Москов – док. 18-24........................................................ 94 Борис Минчев Вазов – док. 25-26................................................................ 112 5 Венелин Йорданов Ганев – док. 27-45........................................................ 115 Владимир Йосифов Кутиков – док. 46-55................................................... 146 Владимир Николов Аврамов – док. 56-65................................................... 184 Димитър Янчев Шалев – док. 66-67............................................................ 197 Живко Стоянов Сталев – док. 68-72............................................................ 202 Иван Христов Апостолов – док. 73-76........................................................ 210 Илия Димитров Янулов – док. 77-78........................................................... 217 Илия Иванов Кожухаров – док. 79-91......................................................... 221 Константин Иванов Кацаров – док. 92-95................................................... 241 Любен Ангелов Диков – док. 96-105........................................................... 250 Никола Георгиев Долапчиев – док. 106-111................................................ 263 Никола Костадинов Йотов – док. 112-118................................................... 274 Нисим Юда Меворах – док. 119-121............................................................ 285 Петко Йорданов Венедиков– док. 122-129.................................................. 290 Петко Стоянов Стайнов – док. 130-137....................................................... 305 Петко Христов Стоянов – док. 138-151....................................................... 321 Руси Стефанов Русев – док. 152-159........................................................... 345 Част II – Документи от служебния архив на МВР – док. 160 – 194 ............................................................. 367 Справочен апарат Списък на някои съкращения....................................................................... 456 Списък на използваните фондове и архивни единици.............................. 457 CONTENTS Introduction........................................................................................................ 12 List of documents with annotations.................................................................. 41 Part I – Documents from the historical fund and the operational archive of the Ministry of Interior – doc. 1 – 159 Alexander Angelov Girginov – doc. 1-8.................................................... 67 Alexander Petrov Ognyanov – doc. 9-12................................................... 76 Angel Simeonov Angelov – doc. 13-16..................................................... 82 Asen Kostadinov Avramov – doc. 17........................................................ 92 6 Atanas Simeonov Moskov – doc. 18-24.................................................... 94 Boris Minchev Vazov – doc. 25-26............................................................ 112 Benelin Yordanov Ganev – doc. 27-45...................................................... 115 Vladimir Yosifov Kutikov – doc. 46-55.................................................... 146 Vladimir Nikolov Avramov – doc. 56-65.................................................. 184 Dimiter Yanchev Shalev – doc. 66-67....................................................... 197 Zhivko Stoyanov Stalev – doc. 68-72........................................................ 202 Ivan Hristov Apostolov – doc. 73-76......................................................... 210 Iliya Dimitrov Yanulov – doc. 77-78......................................................... 217 Iliya Ivanon Kozhuharov – doc. 79-91...................................................... 221 Konstantin Ivanov Katsarov – doc. 92-95................................................. 241 Lyuben Angelov Dikov – doc. 96-105....................................................... 250 Nikola Georgiev Dolapchiev – doc. 106-111............................................. 263 Nikola Kostadinov Yotov – doc. 112-118.................................................. 274 Nisim Yuda Mevorah – doc. 119-121........................................................ 285 Petko Yordanov Venedikov– doc. 122-129................................................ 290 Petko Stoyanov Stainov – doc. 130-137.................................................... 305 Petko Hristov Stoyanov – doc. 138-151.................................................... 321 Rusi Stefanov Rusev – doc. 152-159......................................................... 345 Part II – Documents from the official archives of the Ministry of Interior – doc. 160 – 194..................................................... 367 Reference system List of abbreviations.................................................................................. 456 List of the archival funds and units ........................................................... 457 ВЪВЕДЕНИЕ Документалният сборник „Държавна сигурност и юриспруденцията“ е издание от поредицата „Из архивите на ДС“. Съставен е изцяло от документи, съхранявани в Централизирания архив на Комисията за разкриване на документите и за обявяване на принадлежност на българските граждани към Държавна сигурност и разузнава- телните служби на Българската народна армия. Изданието допълва библиографията за българските юристи1 и представя нови факти и събития, интерпретирани от тай- ните служби в Народна република България. Обхватът на изследваната тема е в пряка зависимост от издирените архивни до- кументи и обхваща периода от 9 септември 1944 г. докъм средата на 70-те години на ХХ век. Хронологичните граници на документите, публикувани в настоящото из- дание, а именно 1944-1975 г. са обусловени от факта, че към 1975 г., голяма част от разработваните в първите години на социализма в България лица вече са покойници, 7 а други постепенно отпадат от активни позиции поради своята напреднала възраст и вече не представляват пряка заплаха за управляващите. Условно периодът може да бъде разделен на два подпериода. Първият е докъм средата на 60-те години, а втори- ят е в останалия отрязък от време до средата на 70-те години на ХХ век. През пър- вия период, който е значително по-дълъг, лицата от юридическата гилдия са обект на засилено наблюдение и разработване от страна на Държавна сигурност. Затова и съхранените документи са най-много. По това време е публикуван и Законът за адво- катите2, по силата на който започва процес на масовото им заличаване от списъците, даващи им право да упражняват професията. Тече също и процес по прочистване на университета от преподавателите с „недобро минало“. Мнозина от неудобните на комунистическата власт лица принудително са заселвани на ново местожителство, както и въдворявани в ТВО. Вторият период – от средата на 60-те до средата на 70-те години на ХХ век – се характеризира с отслабване на натиска от страна на Държавна сигурност спрямо юр- истите, получили образование или специализирали в западни държави. Интересът се измества към лицата, които поддържат контакти със свои колеги или просто с граж- дани от капиталистическите страни, както и към тези, които трайно са напуснали страната и са се установили като емигранти – невъзвращенци. Проследявайки хронологично дейността на комунистическите тайни служ- би по отношение на юридическата гилдия, прави впечатление, че в началото те съсредоточават своя интерес главно към изтъкнати държавници и обществено популярни личности със значим принос към правната мисъл. Това са регенти, министри в различни правителства, пълномощни министри, съдии и прокурори, градоначалници, преподаватели в Юридическия факултет на Софийския универ - 1 По-интересни изследвания за видни юристи, както и мемоарна литература са: Венеди- ков, Петко. Спомени. С., 2003; Мангачев, Петко. Проф. Константин
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