PURGES AMONG THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONELL OF THE COAL INDUSTRY IN KUZNETSK BASIN IN 1937
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2017-1-59-63
Abstract
The article analyzes the relationship of the Soviet regime with the engineering, technical and managerial personnel on the example of one of the largest enterprises of the USSR. The article features the main stages of the criminal persecution of experts in Kuzbass, starting with the "Shakhty trial" in 1928, as well as the overall scale of repression of the managing staff of the coal industry during the Great Terror. The author notes the close relationship of the Soviet (Bolshevik) model of economic development with the use of mass reprisals against staff. The article highlights the fact that, lacking the necessary expertise and managerial knowledge, Soviet authorities systematically resorted to terror as a means of overcoming the economic chaos and difficulties encountered. In addition, the assessment of political behavior of some of the regional leaders connected with the terror campaign is given. The article presents new historical data about their tragic fate. It draws conclusions about the need to expand the source base for a deeper study of repressions at Kuzbass enterprises.
About the Author
S. A. Papkov
Institute of History Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
8, Nikolaev St., Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090
Russian Federation
8, Nikolaev St., Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090
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Papkov S.A. PURGES AMONG THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONELL OF THE COAL INDUSTRY IN KUZNETSK BASIN IN 1937. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2017;(1):59-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2017-1-59-63
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