ACADEMIC JOURNAL
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ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
Russian history |
Vasiliev Yu. A. | Moscow University for the Humanities |
Keywords: “Leningrad case” late Stalinism Party Control Commission history of the Komsomol Vsevolod Ivanov Vsevolod Chernetsov Anatoly Sitnikov Mikhail Vaskovsky |
Summary: The phenomenon of the “Leningrad case” between 1949 and the early 1950s seems to be one of the most resonant phenomena of
the late Stalinist era. It is ascertained that as a result of the repressive policy dozens of the Leningrad Komsomol Organization
officials of various levels – city, regional, district and primary – suffered. Among the disgraced leaders of the Leningrad Komsomol
Organization were Vsevolod Ivanov, Vsevolod Chernetsov, Anatoly Sitnikov, Mikhail Vaskovsky, Galina Egorova, Tatyana
Nikiforovskaya and others. The documentary basis of the publication was comprised of the materials of the Russian State Archive
of Social and Political History (RGASPI) declassified in 2018. The study of documents on the history of the “Leningrad case”
makes it possible to affirm the unity of its scenario, the synchronization of repressive actions, and the use of the same methods
towards the party and Komsomol leaders of Leningrad, accused of being involved in the “anti-party group”. The declared reason
for the “major shortcomings” in the Komsomol was the copying of the methods and work style of the former party leadership. It
is noted that the personal affairs of the former leaders were dealt with by the trustees of the Party Control Commission under the
Central Committee of the Communist Party and a group of officers from the Investigation Unit for especially important causes of
the USSR’s Ministry of State Security (MGB). Attention is drawn to the participation of the future KGB chairmen A. N. Shelepin and V. E. Semichastny, at that time the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, in the Leningrad events. |
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