Kamenev, Lev, 30, 56, 59, 76, 111, 115, 117, 120, 127, 480; political history, 10–11; meeting with Bukharin, 17; and Ryutin, 26; explusion from Party, 26; confession of, 30, 87–88; at XVIIth Party Congress, 31, 32; Kirov murder, 38, 43, 46–49; arrest of, 46–47; sentencing of, 49; and Gorky, 73; opposition to death sentence on, 78; interrogation of, 85, 87–88; Gorky’s support of, 86; NKVD trial, 95–96, 103; last plea, 103; execution, 104; credibility of evidence against, 105–8; repentance, 109, 116; Party democracy view, 114–15
Kameneva, Olga, 78
Kaminsky, G. M., 169, 171, 237–38, 249, 295–96
Kamkov, Boris, 373–74
Kandelaki, David, 197
Kapitsa, P., 67, 294
Kaplan, Fanny, 374
Karaganda complex, 315, 333
Karakhan, L. M., 127, 245–46, 368, 372, 397, 423, 479
Karelia, 222
Karelin, Vladimir, 373–74
Karev, N. A., 88, 108, 291
Kargopol, 313, 316
Karin, Aleksandr, 274
Karlag complex, 324
Karpechenko, 296
Karpov, M. Ya., 175–76, 228
Karpovsky, 221
Kartvelishvili, L. Yo., 23
Kashirin, I. D. (Army Commander), 202
Kashketin, 330
Kataev, I. I., 297
Katyn, 288
Katyn Affair, 448–50
Kaval, V P., 224
Kaverin, V. A., 305
Kavtaradze, S. I., 68
Kazakhstan, 261, 303
Kazakov, I. N., 342, 375–78, 381, 385–88, 394
Kazan jail, 279
Kedrov, I. M., 81, 140, 441
Kedrov, M. S., 287
Kemerovo industrial area, 142, 154, 156, 317
Kemerovo province, 274, 321
Kennan, George, 66
“Kennel,” 278
Kesselring (Field Marshal), 454
Khabarovsk, 419
Khakanian, G. D. (Corps Commander), 429, 431, 435
Khalepsky, I. A. (Army Commander), 193, 208, 213, 240
Khalkhin-Gol, 452
Khalmer-Yu, 337
Khandzhyan, A. I., 225, 226, 227, 302
Kharchenko, I. I., 271
Kharik, I. D., 224
Kharkov Physics Institute, 293
Kharkov prison, 264, 274
Kharms, D. I., 303
Khatayevich, M. M., 228, 231, 246
Khodorovsky, I., 169, 375, 387
Khodzhayev, Faizulla, 342, 356–58, 371, 394–95, 479
Khokhlov, Nikolai, 416
Kholmogori death camp, 310
Kholodnaya Gora prison, 279
Khripin, V. V. (Corps Commander), 208
Khrushchev, N. S., 137, 147, 167, 438, 475–80: Kirov murder comments, 42–43; Secret Speech, 42–43, 60, 170, 476; analysis of Stalin, 56–57, 60; appointment of, 74; Kaganovich’s plea to, 120; torture remarks, 121–22; at Ordzhonikidze’s funeral, 169; beliefs about Ordzhonikidze’s death, 170–71; and Yakir, 203–4, election as Ukraine First Secretary, 233; purge role, 240; appointment to Politburo, 247, 439; revelations of crimes, 475–76; post-Stalin period, 475–80, 483; death rate report, 485
Khvylia, A. A., 231
Khvylovy, M., 230
Kiev, 228, 440: Trotskyite presence, 145, 178–79; February-March plenum, 175; arrest of Army officers, 205–6; and Party purges, 228–29, 231; denunciations, 253–55; executions, 287
Kiev District Air Force, 454
Kiev Military District, 205
Kiev University, 292–93
Kingur camp, 478
Kippenberger, Hans, 401
Kireev, G. P. (Admiral), 213
Kirghizia, 261, 357
Kirov, Sergei, 25, 27, 215, 217, 463; Stalin’s follower, 12; character, 12–13; support of Ryutin, 24; conciliatory thinking, 32; popularity of, 35; Stalin’s attack on, 36; transfer to Moscow, 36; murder of, 37–52, 165; NKVD trial testimony about, 94–95, 102, 107–8; Bukharin accused of murder of, 365–66; reinterpretation of murder, 479
Kirov Works, 218
Kirshon, V., 298, 420, 464
Kjeller Airdrome, 152
Klimov, A., 198
Klimovskikh (General), 454
Klinkov, 231
Klyuev, Nikolai, 301
Knorin, V. G., 407–8, 420
Knyazev, I. A., 143, 149, 159–61, 166
Kobulov, B. Z., 239, 438
Kochetov, 482
Kodatsky, I. F., 215–18, 246
Koerber, Lenka von, 467
Koestler, Arthur, 28, 54, 117–18, 128–29, 210, 280, 282, 476n
Kogan, B., 384
Kolarov, Vasil, 399
Kollontai, Alexandra, 69, 212
Koltsov, Mikhail, 63, 67, 300, 441, 464
Kolyma complex, 50, 320, 324; NKVD purge, 51; conditions, 325–29; routes to, 325–26; food rations, 333–34; Khrushchev period, 478
Komarov (professor), 294
Komarov, Nikolai, 216–17, 246
Kommodov, N. V., 385
Komorowski, Bor (General), 457
Komsomol Central Committee, 426–27
Komsomols, 425–27: Leningrad, 45–46; resistance to Stalin, 51; Gorky conspiracy, 80; purge of, 425–27
Konar (Vice Commissar), 270
Kopershinsky (professor), 293
Kopets (General), 454
Kork (Army Commander), 182–83, 185–86, 200, 205: arrest, 194; trial, 203
Kornilov, Boris, 303, 305
Korobkov (General), 454
Korolev, Sergi, 294
Korotchenko, Demyan, 234
Korzhenko, Vasily, 423
Kosarev, A. V., 425–27, 435–36
KOSOS, 294
Kossior, I. V., 247
Kossior, S. V., 13, 24–25, 77, 90, 127, 135, 139, 144, 179, 228, 229, 230–31, 243–45, 436, 439: attack on Bukharin, 174; purge of, 246–47, 419–20, 435; fate of family, 436; rehabilitation, 479
Kossior, V. V., 247
Kostov, Traicho, 130, 458
Köstring (General), 197
Kostrzewa, Wera, 406
Kosygin, Alexei, 438
Kot (professor), 448
Kotlas, 317, 333
Kotlas-Vorkuta railway, 331, 337
Kotolynov, I. I.: as oppositionist, 45–46; Kirov murder accusation, 47–49; denunciation of Kosarev, 426
Kotsiubinsky, 178
Kovalenko, G. O., 303
Kovalev, 221
Kovtiukh, Ye. I. (Corps Commander), 213
Kozhanov, I. K. (Admiral), 211
Kozhevnikov, S. N., 481n
Kozhva, 322
Kozielsk camp, 447–48
Kratko, 307
Kravchenko, Victor, 170, 310, 473
Krebs (Colonel), 453
“Kremlin Affair,” 76, 78
Kresti prison, 269