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Ivan Zaporozhets

January 01, 1970

Ivan Vasilevich Zaporozhets (Russian: Иван Васильевич Запорожец; 6 January 1895 – 14 August 1937) was a Ukrainian Soviet security officer and official of the OGPU-NKVD who was suspected of being involved in the assassination of Sergei Kirov in Leningrad in December 1934.

Ivan Zaporozhets in 1915

Career edit

Zaporozhets was born in Berdyansk, in Ukraine, the son of a zemstvo agronomist.[1] He was a member of the Ukrainian Party of Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs) from his student years. He was drafted in to Imperial Russian Army in 1915 and was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Austria-Hungary. Released after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, he returned to Kherson, rejoined the Left SRs, and in spring 1919, he took part Ataman Nykyfor Hryhoriv's revolt against Bolshevik rule in Ukraine. But he also fought as a partisan against the White Army of General Denikin. In May 1920, when the Left SRs merged with the Communist Party, Zaporozhets joined the Communist Party of Ukraine.[2]

In 1921–27, he worked for the Foreign Department of the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) in Austria and Germany. In March 1931, he was appointed deputy head of the Secret Political Department. In 1932, he was transferred to Leningrad as deputy head of the regional OGPU. He brought in his own staff from Moscow, and was known to act independently of his nominal department head, Filipp Medved.[3] In August 1934, he broke several bones during a fall from a horse, and was recuperating at the time of the Kirov murder.[1][4]

Murder of Sergei Kirov edit

Zaporozhets was first publicly accused of complicity in the murder of Sergei Kirov during the third Moscow Show Trial in March 1938. The story told there was that some time before the assassination – and presumably before Zaporozhets's accident – the assassin, Leonid Nikolayev, was caught by security guards carrying a gun and a map of the route Kirov normally took at party headquarters. Yagoda 'confessed' that when Zaporozhets reported this incident to him, he and when Yagoda confessed that he was "compelled to instruct Zaporozhets not to place any obstacles in the way of the terrorist act against Kirov", and so Nikolayev was released and allowed to make a second attempt. Zaporozhets was also accused of organising the murder of Kirov's bodyguard, Borisov, "a dangerous witness", who died in a road accident on the day after Kirov's murder.[5]

The person who supposedly 'compelled' Yagoda to be a party to the murder was Avel Yenukidze. According to Yagoda, Yenukidze "insisted" that Kirov had to die. That detail was definitively discredited in 1960, when Yenudkidze was rehabilitated and posthumously readmitted to the communist party, but the suspicion remained that some of the details given in court were true - with the crucial difference that the person doing the compelling and insisting was Joseph Stalin. The historian of the Great Purge, Robert Conquest observed: "If anyone in Soviet political life was totally unqualified to insist on anything, it was Yenukidze ... If we were to substitute for him the name of a man who was in a position to insist, we should not have to look far."[6] The NKVD officer, Alexander Orlov, who defected to the west, suspected it was true, because of the lenient treatment Zaporozhets was given while he was in the Gulag.

Later career edit

Zaporozhets returned to Leningrad in time for Kirov's funeral, after which he was arrested and accused of negligence. On 23 January 1935, he was sentenced to three years in the Gulag, where he was treated as a trustee in charge of other prisoners. Senior officers still based in Moscow sent him records and radio sets.[7] His wife was allowed to accompany him, and his third child, a girl, was born in Magadan in July 1935.[1]

Zaporozhets was recalled from Kolyma to Moscow and rearrested on 1 May 1937, when the head of the NKVD, Nikolai Yezhov, ordered a purge of officers who had held senior positions under his predecessor, Genrikh Yagoda. In June, he confessed to having been part of a 'right wing conspiracy' involving Yagoda and the commander of the Leningrad military district, Ivan Belov.[2] His name was on a list of 25 former officers or their family members, including Leopold Averbakh and Karl Pauker, who were executed on 14 August 1937.

His wife, Vera Zaporozhets, was arrested in 1937, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was arrested again in 1951.[4]

In literature edit

Zaporozhets appears as a character in the novel Children of the Arbat, by Anatoly Rybakov. where he is described as "tall and broad-shouldered, a wit and a joker who loved good wines and women and sang well."[8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Garvaky, Ivan. "Отец - памяти в Запорожна (Father - In Memory of I.V.Zaporozhets)". Возвращённые имена. Книги памяти россии (Names that have returned: Russian books of memory). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Справка прокурора отдела Главной военной прокуратуры С.Г. Батурина по архивному следственному делу № 612340 на бывшего заместителя начальника УНКВД СССР по Ленинградской области И.В. Запорожца. 27 сентября 1963 г. (Certificate from prosecutor S.G.Baturin of the Mian Military Prosecutor's office in case 612340 against I.V.Zaporozhets, former Leningrad regional deputy head of the USSR NKVD, 27 September 1963)". Исторические Материалы. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Запорожец Иван Васильевич". НА ГЛАВНУЮ > БИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ УКАЗАТЕЛЬ > УКАЗАТЕЛЬ З >. Khronos. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b Zaporozhets, Vera Danilova. "Заявление В.Д. Запорожец главному военному прокурору СССР. 5 октября 1956 г. (Statement by V.D.Zaporozhets to the chief military prosecutor of the USSR, October 5, 1956)". Исторические Материалы. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. ^ Report of Court Proceedings in the Case of the Anti-Soviet 'Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites'. Moscow: People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R. 1938. pp. 558–59, 572–73.
  6. ^ Conquest, Robert (1971). The Great Terror. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin. p. 76.
  7. ^ Orlov, Alexander (1954). The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes. London: Random House. pp. 21–22.
  8. ^ Rybakov, Anatoli (translated by Harold Shukman) (1988). Children of the Arbat. London: Hutchinson. p. 557. ISBN 0-091737-42-7.

January 01, 1970
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Ivan Vasilevich Zaporozhets Russian Ivan Vasilevich Zaporozhec 6 January 1895 14 August 1937 was a Ukrainian Soviet security officer and official of the OGPU NKVD who was suspected of being involved in the assassination of Sergei Kirov in Leningrad in December 1934 Ivan Zaporozhets in 1915 Contents 1 Career 2 Murder of Sergei Kirov 3 Later career 4 In literature 5 ReferencesCareer editZaporozhets was born in Berdyansk in Ukraine the son of a zemstvo agronomist 1 He was a member of the Ukrainian Party of Socialist Revolutionaries SRs from his student years He was drafted in to Imperial Russian Army in 1915 and was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Austria Hungary Released after the Treaty of Brest Litovsk he returned to Kherson rejoined the Left SRs and in spring 1919 he took part Ataman Nykyfor Hryhoriv s revolt against Bolshevik rule in Ukraine But he also fought as a partisan against the White Army of General Denikin In May 1920 when the Left SRs merged with the Communist Party Zaporozhets joined the Communist Party of Ukraine 2 In 1921 27 he worked for the Foreign Department of the Joint State Political Directorate OGPU in Austria and Germany In March 1931 he was appointed deputy head of the Secret Political Department In 1932 he was transferred to Leningrad as deputy head of the regional OGPU He brought in his own staff from Moscow and was known to act independently of his nominal department head Filipp Medved 3 In August 1934 he broke several bones during a fall from a horse and was recuperating at the time of the Kirov murder 1 4 Murder of Sergei Kirov editZaporozhets was first publicly accused of complicity in the murder of Sergei Kirov during the third Moscow Show Trial in March 1938 The story told there was that some time before the assassination and presumably before Zaporozhets s accident the assassin Leonid Nikolayev was caught by security guards carrying a gun and a map of the route Kirov normally took at party headquarters Yagoda confessed that when Zaporozhets reported this incident to him he and when Yagoda confessed that he was compelled to instruct Zaporozhets not to place any obstacles in the way of the terrorist act against Kirov and so Nikolayev was released and allowed to make a second attempt Zaporozhets was also accused of organising the murder of Kirov s bodyguard Borisov a dangerous witness who died in a road accident on the day after Kirov s murder 5 The person who supposedly compelled Yagoda to be a party to the murder was Avel Yenukidze According to Yagoda Yenukidze insisted that Kirov had to die That detail was definitively discredited in 1960 when Yenudkidze was rehabilitated and posthumously readmitted to the communist party but the suspicion remained that some of the details given in court were true with the crucial difference that the person doing the compelling and insisting was Joseph Stalin The historian of the Great Purge Robert Conquest observed If anyone in Soviet political life was totally unqualified to insist on anything it was Yenukidze If we were to substitute for him the name of a man who was in a position to insist we should not have to look far 6 The NKVD officer Alexander Orlov who defected to the west suspected it was true because of the lenient treatment Zaporozhets was given while he was in the Gulag Later career editZaporozhets returned to Leningrad in time for Kirov s funeral after which he was arrested and accused of negligence On 23 January 1935 he was sentenced to three years in the Gulag where he was treated as a trustee in charge of other prisoners Senior officers still based in Moscow sent him records and radio sets 7 His wife was allowed to accompany him and his third child a girl was born in Magadan in July 1935 1 Zaporozhets was recalled from Kolyma to Moscow and rearrested on 1 May 1937 when the head of the NKVD Nikolai Yezhov ordered a purge of officers who had held senior positions under his predecessor Genrikh Yagoda In June he confessed to having been part of a right wing conspiracy involving Yagoda and the commander of the Leningrad military district Ivan Belov 2 His name was on a list of 25 former officers or their family members including Leopold Averbakh and Karl Pauker who were executed on 14 August 1937 His wife Vera Zaporozhets was arrested in 1937 and sentenced to 10 years in prison She was arrested again in 1951 4 In literature editZaporozhets appears as a character in the novel Children of the Arbat by Anatoly Rybakov where he is described as tall and broad shouldered a wit and a joker who loved good wines and women and sang well 8 References edit a b c Garvaky Ivan Otec pamyati v Zaporozhna Father In Memory of I V Zaporozhets Vozvrashyonnye imena Knigi pamyati rossii Names that have returned Russian books of memory Retrieved 8 January 2020 a b Spravka prokurora otdela Glavnoj voennoj prokuratury S G Baturina po arhivnomu sledstvennomu delu 612340 na byvshego zamestitelya nachalnika UNKVD SSSR po Leningradskoj oblasti I V Zaporozhca 27 sentyabrya 1963 g Certificate from prosecutor S G Baturin of the Mian Military Prosecutor s office in case 612340 against I V Zaporozhets former Leningrad regional deputy head of the USSR NKVD 27 September 1963 Istoricheskie Materialy Retrieved 3 February 2024 Zaporozhec Ivan Vasilevich NA GLAVNUYu gt BIOGRAFIChESKIJ UKAZATEL gt UKAZATEL Z gt Khronos Retrieved 8 January 2020 a b Zaporozhets Vera Danilova Zayavlenie V D Zaporozhec glavnomu voennomu prokuroru SSSR 5 oktyabrya 1956 g Statement by V D Zaporozhets to the chief military prosecutor of the USSR October 5 1956 Istoricheskie Materialy Retrieved 3 February 2024 Report of Court Proceedings in the Case of the Anti Soviet Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites Moscow People s Commissariat of Justice of the U S S R 1938 pp 558 59 572 73 Conquest Robert 1971 The Great Terror Harmondsworth Middlesex Penguin p 76 Orlov Alexander 1954 The Secret History of Stalin s Crimes London Random House pp 21 22 Rybakov Anatoli translated by Harold Shukman 1988 Children of the Arbat London Hutchinson p 557 ISBN 0 091737 42 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ivan Zaporozhets amp oldid 1216011362, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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