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Selected records from the State Archives of the Public Organizations of Ukraine (TsDAGO) (Fond 263)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.167.1 | RG Number: RG-31.132

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Overview

Description: Selected records of the of extrajudicial criminal cases, tried by so-called " troika" without public and fair trials during the time of the Stalinist repressions. All defendants were rehabilitated by the Soviet legal system in 1950s-1990s. This collection includes records of criminal investigations (arrest warrants, interrogations, cross-interrogations, indictments, etc) and trials of the Soviet Jews, largely residents of Kiev and Kiev region, accused of various political crimes, such as alleged anti-Soviet activities ( e.g. espionage. participation in the terrorist organizations etc), membership in Jewish political parties and religious organizations, attempts of illegal crossing of the Soviet borders etc.
Date: inclusive: 1950-1990

Physical Details

Language: Russian Ukrainian
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Indictments. Reports.
Extent: 732,914 digital images : JPEG ; 3.392 TB.
System of Arrangement: Arranged by a criminal case number.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Mandatory citation of source archives as well as United States Holocaust Memorial Musem. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
Copyright Holder: T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv hromadsʹkykh ob’i︠e︡dnanʹ Ukraïny

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Communism--Ukraine--History--20th century. Political atrocities--Ukraine--History--20th century. Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Ukraine--History--20th century. Jews--Ukraine--Kyïv--History--20th century.
Geographic Name: Kyïv (Ukraine : Oblast)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv hromadsʹkykh ob’i︠e︡dnanʹ Ukraïny
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv hromadsʹkykh ob’i︠e︡dnanʹ Ukraïny, TsDAGO (Central State Archives of the Public Organizations of Ukraine; Former Archives of the Communist Party of Ukraine). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in May 2019, Sep. 2019, and a final accretion in Nov. 2019.
.Acquisition was made possible with funding from the Michael Polsky Foundation.

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 22:01:51
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