JV Stalin's note to members on voting by poll to approve the death sentence in the case of the Moscow clergy - May1922

JV Stalin's note to members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) on voting by poll to approve the death sentence in the case of the Moscow clergy and believers [May 8, 1922]

A source: Kremlin archives. In 2 books. / Book. 1. Politburo and Church. 1922-1925 - M. - Novosibirsk, "Russian Political Encyclopedia" (ROSSPEN), "Siberian Chronograph", 1997, p. 213

Archive: APRF, f. 

No. 24-7

HURRY. SECRET.

TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO

A Moscow court sentenced 11 people to death, most of them are priests: (8 priests, 1 wood splitter, agitator, butcher shop). Kamenev proposes to limit ourselves to the execution of two priests.

I ask you to vote "for" or "against" Comrade Kamenev's proposal. I personally vote against the cancellation of the court decision.

SECRETARY OF THE CC. Stalin

- L. 9. Typewritten copy of that time, made for the office work of the Central Committee of the RCP (b). A stamp confirming that the document belongs to the proceedings of the Politburo meeting, minutes No. 6, item 18 of May 11, 1922 (No. 24-12). A handwritten litter about the same with the date "6 / V-22". Stamp of the Secret Archive of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) with an inventory number. Date of the document by the date of the survey (No. 24-12).

- L. 8. Typewritten copy of the later time from the copy. Made simultaneously with L. 7 (No. 24-12). Above, there is a typewritten note on the document's belonging to the proceedings of the Politburo meeting, minutes No. 6, item 18 with the date “6.V. 22 g. " (No. 24-12). Removed the formula "t." (comrade) before Kamenev's surname in the last sentence.

A source: Kremlin archives. In 2 books. / Book. 1. Politburo and Church. 1922-1925 - M. - Novosibirsk, "Russian Political Encyclopedia" (ROSSPEN), "Siberian Chronograph", 1997, p. 197

Archive: APRF, f. 3, op. 60, d.24

No. 24-1

May 2, 1922

Members of the Politburo

T.t. TOMSKY, RYKOV, MOLOTOV.

Forwarded for poll of Politburo Members.

The session of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Ivanovo-Voznesensk sentenced two priests to death 1 ; Comrade Kalinin proposes to cancel the decision of the Revolutionary Tribunal;

T.t. Stalin, Trotsky and Lenin, on the contrary, propose not to cancel the decision of the Revolutionary Tribunal.

Secretary of the Central Committee I. Stalin

- L. 2. Typewritten original on the letterhead of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), signature - facsimile. Date, month and last digit of the year of the date in handwritten form. Round stamp: "RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY BOLSHEVIKS", in the center with the monogram "Central Committee". The stamp confirming that the document belongs to the proceedings of the Politburo meeting, minutes No. 5, item 23 of May 4, 1922 (No. 24-5). In the upper right corner there is a stamp of the Secret Archives of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) with an inventory number.

- L. 3. Handwritten draft original, autograph (?). In the lower right corner there is a stamp indicating that the document belongs to the proceedings of the Politburo meeting, minutes No. 5, paragraph 23 of May 4, 1922 (No. 24-5). Unlike the typewritten white paper, the address and surnames of the addressees are missing; the formula of the survey is as follows: “For the survey of PB members”. Before the words “Comrade. Kalinin ”, the word “ Presidium ”was deleted . The word "vice versa" is written above the line. At the end of the text, the words: "Please vote."

Notes and Comments:

1 We are talking about the verdict passed on April 25, 1922 in the city of Ivanovo-Voznesensk by the visiting session of the Supreme Tribunal in the case of the events in the city of Shuya (No. P-109). The tribunal sentenced to death the priests Ivan Stepanovich Rozhdestvensky, Pavel Mikhailovich Svetozarov and the layman Pyotr Ivanovich Yazykov. See also # 24-2, 24-3, 24-5. 3, op. 60, d.24