STALINISM AS A WAY OF LIFE
A Narrative in Documents

co-edited by Lewis Siegelbaum and Andrei Sokolov


INDEX OF DOCUMENTS 

 

1 Speech by A. N. Voronin to First Congress of Shock Brigades, December 1929
2 Speech by G. B. Gelman to First Congress of Shock Brigades, December 1929
3 Personal letter by young Leningrad worker from Magnitogorsk, June 1931
4 Letter to Pravda included in summary report "The Sukharevites Are in Charge," September 1930
5 Letter to Pravda on supply situation in Mordovia, September 1930
6 Letter of complaint to Pravda from B.N. Kniazev, Tula, September 1930
7 Anonymous letter of complaint to Pravda from Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan, 1932
8 Letter to Pravda from I.P. Koniukhov, Western Oblast, 1930
9 Letter to Stalin and Kalinin (ostensibly) from workers at Red Putilovets factory, Leningrad, March 1930
10 Letter to Pravda included in summary report "Why Are You Silent about Your Crimes," 1930
11 Letter on "extra-hard assignments" for independent farmers from M. Ye. Boncharnikova, Central Black Earth Oblast, 1932
12 Letter to Pravda on collectivization in Kaluga Okrug, 1930
13 Letter to Pravda on collectivization in Lower Volga Krai, 1930
14 Report of M. P. Kichigin on collective farm chairman in Central Black Earth Oblast
15 Report to Kolkhoz Center on collectivization in Belorussia, 26 September 1930
16 Report on expulsion from a collective farm in Middle Volga Krai, 1932
17 Letter on rationing on collective farms, 1930
18 Letter from V. M. Kovalchuk on flight from collective farms in North Caucasus Krai, 1932
19 Anonymous letter to Izvestia on rumors in North Caucasus Krai, 1932
20 Letter of complaint to Izvestia from A. P. Kokurin, Mordovia, 1932
21 Letter to VTsIK from A. P. Nikishin on starvation in Middle Volga Krai, 1932
22 Letter from M. Prokunin on starvation in Middle Volga Krai, 1932
23 Letter to Izvestia from I. Litvinov on refugees from Ukraine in Central Black Earth Oblast, 1932
24 Letter from I. Gusev, on food shortages in North Caucasus Krai, 1932
25 Anonymous report of conversation at "Female Worker" Factory, Leningrad, 1930
26 Letter from Bochkaryov, Middle Volga Krai, on specialists, 1930
27 Memorandum of N. Maltsev to Ya. Rudzutak and Ye. Yaroslavsky on purge of libraries, 16 October 1932
28 Ye. Yaroslavsky to Politburo on library purge, 15 September 1932
29 A. Stetsky to Politburo on tear-off calendars, 28 December 1932
30 A. Stetsky on lack of vigilance among TASS workers, 28 May 1933
31 Report on penal labor colony in Nizhni Novgorod, 10 August 1932
32 Report accompanying prisoner appeals, 10 August 1932
33 Memorandum to Vyshinsky on incarceration of minors, 14 July 1932
34 Petition from F. G. Kolgushkin for reinstatement in party, 4 October 1930
35 Letter from Narkomtorg workers opposing colleague's reinstatement in party, 1930
36 Letter to NK RKI denouncing Narkomfin employees, July 1929
37 Letter to Stalin denouncing peasant promotee, 4 January 1930
38 Anonymous letter to Kalinin on purge in Abkhazia, September 1931
39 Informational report on response to elimination of okrugs, 1930
40 OGPU report on attitudes of economic managers, 1931
41 On violations of revolutionary legality in Odessa Oblast, June 1932
42 Party verification of railroad employees, 1932
43 Letter from M. Matiukhin to Kalinin on disarray in energy sector, 16 December 1932
44 Excerpt from minutes of party purge committee within Narkomput', 11 October 1933
45 Letter from soviet chairman G. S. Onishchenko to Kalinin, 15 October 1933
46 Kalinin's reply to Onishchenko, 10 January 1934
47 Party review of higher educational institutions in Azov-Black Sea Krai, 1935
48 Memorandum from A. Stetsky on counterrevolutionary attitudes among students in Rybinsk, March 1935
49 Memorandum from A. Stetsky on social and economic sciences faculty, 9 March 1935
50 Memorandum "Concerning the Moral and Political State of Pedagogical Institutes," 23 March 1935
51 Memorandum to Orgbiuro "Concerning the Work of Glavlit," 2 January 1936
52 Memorandum from L. Mekhlis to TsK secretaries "Concerning the Political Dictionary for Workers and Collective Farm Members," 28 December 1937
53 Letter of denunciation from S. A. Drakin to TsK, 18 August 1936
54 Letter of denunciation from A. B. Krikunchik to TsK, 9 November 1937
55 From TsK investigation of A. D. Bruskin, 1937
56 Letter from I. Vasil'ev to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on discussion of Constitution, July 1936
57 Letter from kolkhoznik P. I. Voronov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta proposing revisions to Constitution, 1936
58 Letter from rural correspondent P. Girgor'evich to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on resolution of collective farmers, Voronezh Oblast, 1936
59 Letter of appreciation from F. M. Postnikov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 1936
60 Letter of complaint of F. M. Plindina, Voronezh Oblast, 1936
61 Letter from K. F. Shestakova to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta proposing revisions to Constitution, 1936
62 Letter from independent farmer A. N. Sosenkov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta proposing revision to Constitution, 1936
63 Petition to Putivl' RIK, Chernigov Oblast, 15 August 1936
64 Excerpt from summary report on religious activity among Germans in Volga Region, 1936
65 Letter from party organizer V. S. Kolesnikov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on "perverse" understandings of Constitution, 1936
66 Letter from S. Kirillovsky praising the Constitution, 1936
67 Letter from kolkhoznik V. Ye. Mel'nikov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta proposing revisions to the Constitution, 1936
68 Letter from kolkhoznik I. A. Tiushin proposing Peasant's Union, 1936
69 Letter from kolkhoznik N. G. Zhiliaev proposing revision to Constitution, 1936
70 Letter from kolkhoznik I. Savurin proposing revisions to Constitution, 1936
71 Collective letter from women of Dnepropetrovsk Oblast to TsK VKP(b) on alimony and libertinism, 1936
72 Proposals on demographic policy submitted by L. V. Kashkin, Leningrad, 1936
73 Letter from I. K. Karniush to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta outlining history of modern Russia, 30 October 1938
74 Clinical case recorded at Voronezh Medical Institute, 1935
75 Letter from P.P. Zagumennov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on Short Course in the History of the VKP(b), 15 November 1938
76 First letter from S. Mukhartov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on death of G. Mukhartova, April 1936
77 Second letter from S. Mukhartov, 17 May 1936
78 Letter from Krest'ianskaia Gazeta to Procurator of RSFSR, 5 April 1937
79 Memorandum to Yezhov on dismissals of medical personnel, 17 November 1937
80 Letter from Yeva Fridlender to Presidium of Supreme Soviet, 16 May 1938
81 Letter from Kh. Ivanova to TsK VKP(b) on NKVD, 1937
82 Letter from L. S. Tsel'merovsky to Presidium of Supreme Soviet, 13 September 1938
83 Letter from V. Antipov to TsK VKP(b) on banished families, 12 December 1938
84 Letter to TsK VKP(b) on arrests in Tula, 1938
85 Letter from V. Chernousov to TsK VKP(b) on removal of Yezhov, 10 December 1938
86 Letter from P. A. Misov to Kalinin on overheard conversation, July 1938
87 Memorandum from G. L. Skriabin to Stalin on Kuibyshev obkom, 1940
88 Letter of appeal from K. Pol' to Stalin, 21 January 1939
89 Letter from M. I. Apen'ko to Kalinin on kolkhoz market in Rostov Oblast, 1938
90 Telegram from Anisimov to Kalinin requesting wife's abortion n.d.
91 Copy of letter in report on resettlement from Chuvash ASSR to Altai Krai, 1940
92 Report on exiled Poles in Kustanai Oblast, Kazakh SSR, 21 August 1940
93 Report "On Manifestations of Bourgeois Nationalism and Great-Power Chauvinism" in Kabardino-Balkaria, 16 September 1940
94 Letter to TsK VKP(b) "On ... Mass Evasions of Service in the Red Army by Draftees in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR," 1940
95 NKVD summary report on reactions of Cossacks in Migulin Raion to lifting restrictions for service in Red Army, 26 April 1936
96 Letter from Red Navy sailor I. Kotov to Stalin on confiscations of books and postcards, 1940
97 Letter from N. Timokhin to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on defense measures on kolkhoz in Tula Oblast, 8 October 1938
98 Letter to Pravda on "Mistakes in ... Viipuri Party Gorkom," 15 January 1941
99 Denunciation of NKVD Officer in Peremysl', Western Ukraine, 30 April 1941
100 Memorandum from NK RKI to Stalin on complaints of independent farmers in Mordovian Autonomous Oblast, 1933
101 Letter from independent farmer Grebenev to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on harassment by local officials, 22 September 1938
102 Letter of complaint from independent farmer O. P. Semyonova to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 15 July 1938
103 Letter from rural correspondent Glukhov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on "A Happy Life," 24 December 1938
104 Letter from P. G. Shatrov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on benefits of Soviet rule, 1938
105 Letter from M. Matiukhin to Kalinin on conditions in his home district, 16 December 1932
106 Letter from Malov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on kolkhoz labor in Komi ASSR, 21 November 1938
107 Essay on life in Voronezh Oblast village sent by rural correspondent Grebennikov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 1939
108 Report of land management expert P. P. Anisimov to Narkomzem on wrecking in Arkhangel'sk Oblast, 1938
109 Letter of rural correspondent A. P. Alekseev to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on violations of law on Northern Oblast kolkhozes, 19 September 1937
110 Appeal from kolkhoz board in Ivanovo Oblast sent to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 2 May 1938
111 Letter of complaint from agronomist G. I. Taranov sent to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 1938
112 Letter from ex-kolkhoznik P. S. Rogudilin to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on abuses on K. Marx Kolkhoz, Orel Oblast, 3 November 1938
113 Unpublished article "Violators of Stalin's Statutes of Kolkhoz Life," 20 December 1938
114 Letter from kolkhoznik I. Pirogov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta asking for explanation of kolkhoz policy, 1938
115 Letter from S. N. Gretsky to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta seeking restoration of kolkhoz membership, 11 January 1939
116 Letter from kolkhoz chairman P. P. Sergeev to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on his persecution, 23 January 1938
117 From NKVD summary report on kolkhozes in Migulin Raion, 1936
118 Report of NKVD Migulin Raion branch chief, sergeant Osipov on suicide attempt and food shortages on kolkhozes, 13 June 1936
119 Letter of appeal from five female kolkhoz farmers in Ivanovo Oblast to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 21 November 1938
120 Letter from D. A. Khalatov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on abuses on kolkhoz in Orel Oblast, 26 January 1938
121 Letter from V. I. Guliaev to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on reception of new settlers in Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, 20 June 1937
122 Letter from A. I. Poluektov to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on his life and Dzerzhinsky kolkhoz, Voronezh Oblast, 10 November 1938
123 Letter of denunciation from village school teacher Ye. Koniukh to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 18 February 1938
124 Letter from livestock and dairy sovkhoz worker V. A. Sychov to Odintsov, 13 September 1935
125 Official letter to Armavir Dairy and Meat Sovkhoz No. 32 administration, 26 October 1935
126 Letter from V.A. Sychov to Trubacheev, trade union chairman, 16 November 1935
127 Autobiographical letter from livestock and dairy sovkhoz worker K. F. Maksimovskaia to Odinstov, 1 November 1935
128 Letter from K. F. Maksimovskaia to Odintsov, 25 December 1935
129 Letter from O. S. Mokrousova to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, 16 May 1938
130 Letter from thirteen-year-old I. Nemchinov to Kalinin, 13 January 1933
131 Letter from student at combine operator school to his uncle and aunt, forwarded to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta, January 1939
132 Collective letter from schoolchildren at Volkhovstroi to Kalinin, December 1932
133 Letter from Komsomol'skaia Pravda correspondent Finogenov to deputy editor Porel'shtein, 14 November 1937
134 Memorandum to representative of TsK KPK on anti-Soviet statements by students in Mordovia, 21 February 1937
135 Memorandum to Stalin, Andreev, and Kosarev on suicide of teacher in Omsk Oblast, 31 July 1935
136 Salutatory letter from Young Pioneers to Kalinin, January 1934
137 Letter from L. Zarubina and Zh. Smirnova to Kalinin, March 1933
138 Letter from Young Pioneer H. Roland to Kalinin, 23 November 1934
139 Letter of denunciation from Young Pioneers and Komsomol members to director of forestry department, September 1936
140 From stenographic report of Orgbiuro session "On Young Pioneer Work," 7 May 1933
141 Speech by Kosarev at Orgbiuro session "On Young Pioneer Work," 7 May 1933
142 Speech by Krupskaia at Orgbiuro session "On Young Pioneer Work, 7 May 1933
143 Letter of L. M. Pisanka to Children's Commission of VtsIK on disappearance of daughter, 28 June 1935
144 Report of medical team to Children's Commission of VtsIK on conditions in Moscow children's homes, October 1935
145 Memorandum from TsK of Komsomol to R. S. Zemliachka of SNK, 12 April 1941
146 Memorandum to deputy chairman of Moscow City Children's Commission on Children's Commune, Barybino, 1936
147 Letter from special migrant V. Bushmanov to Krupskaia, 23 October 1934
148 Letter from special migrants' children to Kalinin, 1932
149 Letter from A. Sol'ts of Party Control Commission to Vyshinsky, 5 January 1932
150 Letter from Kalinin to Krupskaia on rights of children of disenfranchised persons, 13 December 1934
151 Letter from M. S. Gorokhova petitioning Krupskaia to continue her studies, 13 November 1934
152 Letter of appeal from V. L. Shkuropieva to Krupskaia, 3 November 1934
153 Letter of K. Ya. Chekina to Kalinin requesting return of passport, 1937
154 Letter of Boris Trapezontsev to Presidium of Supreme Soviet requesting release of his mother from exile, 8 December 1938
155 Letter from A. Tsyganov to G. I. Petrovsky requesting pardon of his wife, 22 October 1938
156 Letter from M. I. Simenova to G. M. Dmitrov, 10 May 1938
157 Letter from Vania Vylegzhanin to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta on dismissal of Kosarev, 22 December 1938
   
 

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