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Katyn: A Crime Without Punishment
  • Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
  • Secret Supplementary Protocol to the Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
  • Order no. 005 of the Military Council of the Belorussian Front to the Troops on the Goals of the Red Army's Entry into Western Belorussia
  • Soviet Government Note Handed to the Polish Ambassador in the USSR, Wacław Grzybowski
  • From the Official Diary of Soviet Deputy People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs Potemkin on a Conversation with Polish Ambassador Grzybowski
  • Order of the Commander in Chief of the Polish Army, Marshal Edward Śmigły-Rydz, Regarding the Entry of Soviet Forces into Poland
  • Politburo Decision on Placing POW Reception Points under NKVD Protection (Excerpt)
  • Lavrenty P. Beria's Order no. 0308 on the Organization of the UPV and POW Camps under the NKVD USSR
  • Statute of the NKVD UPV
  • USSR NKVD Instruction to the Osoboe Otdelenia [Special Sections] of POW Camps on Recording Operational Data on the Prisoners
  • Report of the USSR Deputy People's Commissar of Defense, Army Commander 1st Rank Grigory Kulik, on the Actions of Red Army Units and Formations in Western Ukraine and the Political and Economic Situation in the Region
  • German-Soviet Treaty on Friendship and the Border between USSR and Germany
  • Secret Supplementary Protocol to the German-Soviet Treaty on Friendship and the Border between the USSR and Germany [Identifying Spheres of Interest and Affirming Agreements]
  • Secret Supplementary Protocol to the German-Soviet Treaty on Friendship and the Border between the USSR and Germany [Establishing Cooperation against Polish Resistance]
  • Excerpt from a Politburo Protocol: Decision on Prisoners of War
  • Politburo Decision on Ratifying Military Tribunal Sentences in Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia
  • Beria's Directive on Operational-Cheka Work among POWs in NKVD Camps
  • NKVD UPV Information on the Number of POWs Subject to Release and Those Remaining in the Camps as of 8 October 1939
  • Beria's Memorandum to Molotov on Sending Home Polish Soldier POWs, Residents of Western Belorussia and Western Ukraine, and Delivering to the German Authorities POWs Who Are Residents of German Poland
  • Agreement between the NKVD UPV and the Narkomchermet on Utilizing POWs
  • Petition by Lieutenant Colonel T. Petrażycki to Starobelsk Camp Commander Aleksandr Berezhkov Regarding POW Correspondence with Families
  • Letter from Polish General Franciszek Sikorski to Army Commander Semyon K. Timoshenko on the Illegal Holding of Polish Lvov [Lwów, Lviv] Defenders in a Camp
  • NKVD UPV Instruction to the Head of Putivl Camp on Detaining POWs with Various Specializations and Backgrounds
  • NKVD UPV Report to Beria on the Refusal of Some POWs to Travel to German Poland
  • Pyotr Soprunenko's Instructions to the Commanders of the POW Camps on Sending [Military] Settlers to Ostahkov Camp
  • Petition from POW Physicians and Pharmacists to Marshal Kliment Ye. Voroshilov Regarding Their Illegal Detention
  • NKVD UPV Telegram to Vasily Korolev on Sending the UPV Inspector GB Major Vasily Zarubin to Kozelsk Camp
  • SNK Resolution on the Admission to the USSR of Polish Military Personnel Interned in Lithuania
  • NKVD UPV Report on the Number of POWs Sent Away and Held in the Camps
  • NKVD UPV Proposals to Beria on the Release of Some POWs
  • NKVD UPV Report to Vasily Chernyshov on Conditions in Kozelsk Camp
  • Politburo Decision to Arrest All Registered Regular Officers of the Former Polish Army
  • Report from the Commander of Starobelsk Camp to Semyon Nekhoroshev on the Political and Moral Conditions in the Camp in November 1939
  • NKVD Commissar's Order no. 0408 to Organize New Reception and Distribution Centers in the UkSSR
  • Ivan Serov's Report to Beria on the Arrest of Polish Regular Officers in the Oblasts of Western Ukraine
  • Soprunenko's Instruction Sent by Direct Line to the Head of the UkSSR NKVD Administration of Correctional Labor Colonies, Aleksandr Zverev, on Dispatching Recuperated POW Officers to Various Destinations
  • Soprunenko's Report on the Number of Polish POW Officers, Police, and Gendarmes, Inhabitants of Western Ukraine, Western Belorussia, and German Poland, Being Held in the NKVD POW Camps
  • Beria's Instruction to Soprunenko as Head of the USSR NKVD Investigatory Brigade for Ostashkov Camp
  • Conclusion of the Indictment in the Case of POW Szczepan Olejnik
  • Petition to Soviet Authorities from a Group of Polish POW Colonels to Define Their Status and Observe International Standards for the Treatment of POWs
  • Cipher Telegram from Soprunenko and Stepan Belolipetsky to Beria on the Conclusion of the Investigation and Transfer of POW Cases from Ostashkov Camp to the OSO
  • NKVD UPV Proposals to Beria on Clearing Out Starobelsk and Kozelsk Camps
  • USSR Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs Vsevolod Merkulov's Directive on Transferring to Prisons Certain Categories of Prisoners Detained in Starobelsk, Kozelsk, and Ostashkov Camps
  • NKVD UPV Report on the Nationality of Polish POW Officers Held in Starobelsk and Kozelsk Camps
  • Suprunenko's Report on the Number of Polish Police and Gendarmes Held in NKVD POW Camps
  • Excerpt from Protocol no. 13, Decisions of the Politburo: Decision on Guarding the State Borders of the UkSSR and BSSR
  • Report by Grigory Korytov to the Head of the Special Department of Kalinin Oblast UNKVD, Vasily Pavlov, on the Discussion in the NKVD 1st Department about “Clearing Out” the Ostashkov POW Camp
  • Beria Memorandum to Joseph Stalin Proposing the Execution of the Polish Officers, Gendarmes, Police, Military Settlers, and Others in the Three Special POW Camps, Along with Those Held in the Prisons of the Western Regions of Ukraine and Belorussia, Ac...
  • Excerpt from diary of Major Adam Solski
  • Soprunenko's Instruction to Korolev at Kozelsk Camp on Transferring POWs to the Smolensk Oblast NKVD
  • Beria's Directive to Soprunenko on Compiling Lists of Polish POWs and Family Members
  • Record Form Used for the Families of Prisoners of War
  • Record Form for a Polish Prisoner of War
  • Beria's Directive to the Commissar of Internal Affairs, Kazakh SSR, GB Senior Major Semyon Burdakov, on the Resettlement in Kazakhstan of Polish POW Families to Be Deported from the Western Oblasts of Ukraine and Belorussia
  • Beria's Order no. 00350 on “Clearing Out” the NKVD Prisons in the Western UkSSR and BSSR
  • Soprunenko's Instruction to [Aleksandr G.] Berezhkov, Starobelsk Camp, on Sending Information about Polish POWs to the USSR NKVD UPV
  • Soprunenko's Directive to Borisovets on Sending Forty-Nine Polish POWs from Ostashkov Camp to the Commander of the Kalinin Oblast UNKVD
  • Soprunenko's Directive to the Heads of Ostashkov, Starobelsk, and Kozelsk Camps on Receiving Lists of Polish POWs from the NKVD UPV
  • Soprunenko's Instruction to the Heads of Ostashkov, Starobelsk, and Kozelsk Camps on Sending Agent Record Files to the UNKVD UPV
  • Beria's Directive to UkSSR and BSSR People's Commissars of Internal Affairs Serov and Tsanava to Arrest NCOs of the Former Polish Army in Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia
  • Receipt for 343 Polish POWs
  • Report from Dmitry Tokarev, UNKVD, Kalinin Oblast, to Merkulov on the Implementation of the First Order
  • Solomon Milshtein's Report to Merkulov on the Rail Transport of Polish POWs from Kozelsk to Smolensk on 4 April 1940
  • Soprunenko's Instruction to Korolev on Sending Eighty-Nine Polish POWs from Kozelsk Camp to the Head of the Smolensk Oblast UNKVD
  • Report by USSR NKVD UPV on the Number of Polish POWs Held in NKVD and Narkomchermet Camps According to Rank or Profession
  • SNK Resolution Confirming the Deportation from Western UkSSR and BSSR of Individuals as Specified in the SNK Decision of 2 March 1940
  • Instruction on the Deportation of Specified Persons from the Western Oblasts of UkSSR adn BSSR
  • Korolev's Report to Soprunenko on the Number of Polish POWs Dispatched from Kozelsk Camp
  • Ivan Khokhlov's Instruction to Zaporozhye Camp Commander L. P. Lebedev to Seek Out Policemen and Officers among Polish POWs
  • Political Report of the USSR NKVD UPV to Merkulov on the Mood of Polish POWs Dispatched from the Three Special Camps
  • Khokhlov's Instruction to Camp Heads on Sending the Record Files for Hospitalized Polish POWs to the USSR NKVD UPV
  • NKVD UPV Directive to the Heads of Ostashkov Kozelsk, and Starobelsk Camps on Sending Certain Prisoners to Yukhnov Camp
  • Arkady Gertsovsky's Instruction to Khokhlov on Submitting Certain POW Files for Examination
  • Gertsovsky to Khokhlov on Sending Polish POW S. Swianiewicz, Held in Kozelsk Camp, into the Charge of the USSR NKVD
  • Summary Report on the Dispatch of Polish POWs from Ostashkov Camp between 6 and 29 April
  • Soprunenko's Report on the Cases against Polish POWs in Ostashkov, Starobelsk, and Kozelsk Camps
  • Soprunenko's Report on POWs Left in Camps
  • Deputy People's Commissar for Internal Affairs Chernyshov's Directive to G. I. Antonov on Transporting Polish POWs from the Krivoy Rog Basin to the Northern Railway Camp
  • Korolev's Report on the Number of Orders for Polish POW Death Transports and the Number of Prisoners Dispatched from Kozelsk Camp to Smolensk, Moscow, and Yukhnov According to USSR NKVD UPV Lists
  • Borisovets's Report on the Dispatch of Polish POWs Sent to Kalinin Oblast NKVD and the Number Remaining in the Camp
  • Berezhkov's Letter to Soprunenko on the Number of Lists Received and the Number of Polish POWs Dispatched from Starobelsk Camp between 5 April and 12 May 1940, with Reports Attached
  • UPV Information on the Implementation of Orders to Send Polish POWs from the Special Camps into the Charge of the UNKVD of the Corresponding Oblasts
  • Petition from the Children of Polish POWs to Stalin to Release Their Fathers from Ostashkov Camp (punctuated as in the original text)
  • Command Order to the 136th Detached Convoy Battalion on the Successful Execution of the Assignment to “Clear Out” Kozelsk Camp
  • Tokarev's Report to Merkulov on Sixty-Four Executions Carried Out
  • Borisovets's Report to Soprunenko on the Sojourn of Polish POWs in Ostashkov Camp
  • UPV Report on the Number of Polish POWs Dispatched from the Special Camps into the Charge of Three Oblast UNKVDs and to Yukhnov Camp
  • Soprunenko's Report on the Number of Polish POWs Dispatched to Yukhnov Camp from the Special Camps and the Grounds on Which They Were Sent There
  • Report on the Number, Ranks, and Professions of Polish POWs in Griazovets Camp
  • Protocol on the Destruction of POW Correspondence
  • Soprunenko's Instruction to the Head of Starobelsk Camp and the Head of Camp OO to Destroy POW Files
  • Special Report to Beria by the UNKVD Head for the Vologda Region, Pyotr Kondakov, on the Counterrevolutionary Activities of Some Polish POWs in Griazovets Camp
  • Beria's Order on Rewards for NKVD Workers for “Clearing Out” the Prisons and the Three Special Camps
  • Note from Beria to Stalin on the Possible Organization of Military Units with Polish and Czech Prisoners of War
  • Gorlinsky and Rodionov to Soprunenko on the 1 May Festivities for the Berling Group in Malakhovka
  • Excerpt from the Politburo Protocols on the Decision to Create a Polish Division of the Red Army
  • Polish-Soviet Agreement on Reestablishing Diplomatic Relations and Forming a Polish Army in the USSR
  • Polish-Soviet Military Agreement
  • UPVI Report on Polish POWs in NKVD Camps, 1939-1941, with Attachment
  • Conversation of Stalin and Molotov with General Władysław Sikorski, Polish Premier; General Władysław Anders, Commander of the Polish Army in the USSR; and Professor Stanisław Kot, Polish Ambassador to the USSR
  • Molotov's Telegram to the Soviet Ambassador in London, Aleksandr Bogomolov, on Stalin's Conversation with Anders
  • Beria's Note to Stalin on the Polish Army's Evacuation to Iran
  • Telegram from Mikhail Koptelov, Consul General of the USSR in Pahlavi, to Stalin on the Completion of the Polish Army's Evacuation from the USSR
  • Radio Communiqué on the Discovery of Graves of Polish Officers in the Smolensk Area
  • Communiqué Issued by the Sovinformburo Attacking the German “Fabrications” about the Graves of Polish Officers in Katyn Forest
  • Statement of the Polish Government Concerning the Discovery of the Graves of Polish Officers near Smolensk
  • Note from Molotov to Polish Ambassador Tadeusz Romer on the Soviet Government's Decision to Break Off Relations with the Polish Government
  • Report by the Secretary of the Polish Red Cross, Kazimierz Skarżyński, on the PRC Technical Commission's Visit to Smolensk and Katyn
  • Report of the Polish Red Cross Technical Commission on Its Work in Katyn
  • The Burdenko Commission Report (Excerpts)
  • Instructions on the “Katyn Matter” Sent by Special Government Commission for Directing the Nuremberg Trials to Roman Rudenko, Chief Soviet Prosecutor at Nuremberg
  • Meeting of the Soviet Special Government Commission for Directing the Nuremburg Trials
  • Conclusions of the Congressional Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation of the Katyn Forest Massacre (Excerpts)
  • Note by Shelepin to Khrushchev, 3 March 1959, Proposing to Destroy the Documents of the Operation Sanctioned by the Politburo on 5 March 1940
  • Politburo Resolution and Instruction for the Soviet Ambassador in London Regarding the Projected Katyn Monument (Excerpt)
  • Politburo Protocol no. 3 on Measures to Counteract Western Propaganda on the Katyn Question (Excerpt)
  • Note to the CC CPSU “On the Katyn Question” by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze; Valentin Falin, Director of the International Department of the CC CPSU; and Vladimir Kriuchkov, Chairman of the KGB USSR
  • Politburo Protocol no. 152: Instruction by Mikhail S. Gorbachev to the Prosecutor's Office and Other State and Party Agencies to Propose the Future Soviet Line on Katyn (Excerpt)
  • Note on the Katyn Question to the CC CPSU
  • Falin's Note on Katyn for Mikhail Gorbachev
  • TASS Communiqué on Katyn
  • Decree by President Gorbachev, in Connection with the Visit of Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Krzysztof Skubiszewski, on Speeding Up the Investigation of the Fate of the Polish Officers Held in the Three Special Camps (Excerpt)
  • Letter from President Lech Wałęsa to President Boris Yeltsin Thanking Him for the Documents on Katyn
  • Letter from President Yeltsin to President Wałęsa on the Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Katyn Tragedy
  • Speech by Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland, at the Ceremonial Opening of the Polish War Cemetary at Katyn
  • Speech by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Viktor Khristenko, at the Opening of the Katyn Memorial Complex
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Document 44
Soprunenko's Report on the Number of Polish Police and Gendarmes Held in NKVD POW Camps
2 March 1940, Moscow
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Report on Police and Gendarmes Detained in NKVD
Prisoner-of-War Camps
The following are detained in the camps:
a) officers of the police and gendarmerie 282 people
b) junior officers of the police and gendarmerie 780 "
c) rank-and-file police and gendarmes 5,008 "
d) prison guards 114 "
e) intelligence agents and provocateurs 8 "
Total 6,192 people
The numbers fluctuated in different reports. For slightly different Ostashkov figures for 22 February and 16 March 1940, see Appendix, tables 2B and 2D.
Head of the USSR NKVD UPV Major P. Soprunenko
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Document TitleSuprunenko's Report on the Number of Polish Police and Gendarmes Held in NKVD POW Camps
AuthorSoprunenko, Pyotr Karpovich
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