ДЖЕРЕЛЬНА БАЗА ПОЛІТИЧНОГО ТЕРОРУ В ОДЕСЬКІЙ ГУБЕРНІЇ В 1920-1922 РОКАХ (ОСНОВНІ АСПЕКТИ)
SOURCES FOR RESEARCHING POLITICAL TERROR IN ODESA HUBERNIA IN 1920-1922 (MAIN ASPECTS)

Summary/Abstract: Until 2005, the protocols of the meetings of the Odesa Provincial Commission Extraordinary Committee were kept in the archive unit of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Odesa oblast as "completely secret" and were not issued to researchers. In 2005, these documents were transferred to the Branch State Archive of the SBU. The archival and investigative cases, which are in temporary storage in the archival unit of the Ukrainian Security Service in Odessa Oblast, belong to two funds: "Main" and "Suspended". There are no descriptions of these funds, so the exact number of cases that they contain is unknown. Until 2015, the cases of the "Main" fund have not been available to researchers; access to the "Suspended" fund cases was limited and complicated. The main thesis of the article is that without the study of these archival materials, a comprehensive analysis of political terror is impossible. Of particular importance are the minutes of the meetings of the OHNK Board, which cover the period from February 28, 1920 to March 25, 1922. They include four main categories: "Present", "Reviewed", "Resolved" and "Marked as completed". The list of the present persons included the head of the OHNK, the secretary and members of the OHNK board. In the category "Reviewed", the full name, patronymic of the person, and their age were indicated. The obligatory attribute of this part of the protocol was the indication of what the particular person or group of individuals were accused of. The category "Resolved" contained the surname and initials of the person with their sentence. The last category, “Marked as completed” contained information on the implementation of the board decision.

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