OGPU Siberia records, 1918-1936

Creator:: Soviet Union. Obʺedinennoe gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie
Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1/2 ms box (1 folder, 1 microfilm reel))
Language:: Russian
Scope and content:: Photocopied materials related to the Siberian department of the Joint State Political Directorate (also translated as the All-Union State Political Administration and Unified State Political Directorate) - the secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1936. The official name of the organization was "Joint State Political Directorate under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR" (Obyedinyonnoye gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravleniye pri SNK SSSR or OGPU). Materials include appeals, certificates, a concentration camp bulletin, summary information, an interrogation protocol, memos, minutes, copies of newspaper clippings, orders, reports, telegrams, a charter, and unidentified correspondence.

Catalog record:: View in CLIO
Local call number:: BA#0570
Acquisition information:: Accession No. 177: Source of acquisition--Vladimir Shishkin. Method of acquisition--purchase.
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Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); OGPU Siberia Records; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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