No 7 : 30 April 1969 Based on the samizdat document: "The unusual fate of the family members and relations of Yakov M. Sverdlov". * Andrei Yakovlevich SVERDLOV was the only son of Lenin’s comrade Yakov M. Sverdlov [1]. When quite young, no more than twenty years old, he began to work for the NKVD … Continue reading A. Ya. Sverdlov, biography, Apr ’69 (7.9)
Category: Stalinism
Self-immolation [2], Feb ’69 (8.6)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The Chronicle has already reported the self-immolation of Vasily Makukha (CCE 6.9 [2] and see 'Note' below), who died in hospital from his burns . On 10 February 1969, Nikolai Berislavsky, a 45-year-old teacher from Berdyansk, father of three children and ex-inmate of Stalin's camps, attempted to burn himself … Continue reading Self-immolation [2], Feb ’69 (8.6)
