The Great Terror

Maximov-Dikovsky, V. A., 72, 375, 386

Mayakovsky, Vladimir V, 299, 301

Maynard, Sir John, 470

Mayo, C., 126

Mdivani, Budu, 68, 101, 114, 162, 225

Medes, 462

“Medical murders,” 375

Medved, Philip, 39, 44, 49–50

Medvedev, M. E., 194, 205

Medvedev, Roy, 108, 127, 137, 215, 258, 495–88

Medvedev, S. P., 74

Meister, G. K., 296

Mekhlis, L. Z., 15, 63, 209, 296, 429, 431–32, 438, 451–53

Menzhevik Party, 5, 35, 65, 112, 225, 272–73, 382, 424–25

Menzhinsky, V. R., 82, 343, 373, 375–78, 382, 385–86, 388, 397, 405

Mercader, Caridad, 417–18

Mercader, Ramón, 417–18

Meretskov (General), 453

Merkulov, V. N., 438

“Metallic” Factory, 218

Meteorological Office, 295

Metro-Vic Trial, 35, 150

Mets, S., 169

Metzger, Hans, 352

Mexican Communist Party, 416–18

Meyerhold, Vsevolod, 63, 256, 298, 306–7, 441

Mezhlauk, V. I., 240, 420–21

Mgeladze, A. I., 462

Mikhailov, 219

Mikhailov, M. E., 421

Mikhailyuk, A. S., 303

Mikhoels, Solomon, 43n, 449

Mikoladze, E., 306

Mikoyan, Anastas, 115, 136, 144, 174, 186, 226, 364, 458: Stalin’s follower, 12; election to Politburo, 73; at Ordzhonikidze’s funeral, 172; speech at Bolshoi Theater, 246; Moscow purges, 247

Mikoyan, Sergo, 487

Milchakov, A. I., 427

Military Collegium of the Supreme Court, 282, 420

“Military-Fascist Center,” 435

Military Intelligence (“Fourth Bureau”), 209

Miliukov, 413

Miller (General), 198

Miller, R. T., 167

Milyutin, Vladimir, 223

Minc, Hilary, 406

Mindszenty, József (Cardinal), 458

Mining industry, 143, 460

Minsk, 288

Mironóv, L. G.: NKVD secret trial role, 82, 85, 89; denunciation of, 180

Mirov-Abramov, 408

Mirsky, Prince Dmitry, 298

Mirzoyan, L.I., 419, 435

Mishakova, 426–27

Mitin, M.B., 296

Mixed labor camps, 315

Molchanov, G. A., 46, 81, 83, 85, 99–100, 139, 180, 341

Moldavia, 258

Moldavian NKVD, 434

Molotov, V M., 41, 92, 136, 139, 176–77, 180, 192, 194, 197, 202, 230, 351, 431, 439, 479; loyalty to Stalin, 12; and A. P. Smirnov, 27; Stalin’s alleged discontent with, 90–91; “attempt” on life, 149, 156–59, 479; at February-March plenum, 173–74; attack on Bukharin, 174; Moscow purges, 234–36, 238, 247–48; attack on cultural figures, 291; and Vavilov, 296; Secret Speech opposition, 476

Monakhov (Colonel), 482

Morgan, Claude, 474

Moroz (Major), 330

Morozov, Pavlik, 465–66

Morrison, Herbert, 462

Mortality rates, 338–39, 485–86

“Moscow Center,” 48–49

Moscow Children’s Theater, 306

Moscow prisons, 268–69

Moskalev, K., 141

Motorin, 88

Mrachkovsky, Sergei V., 11, 26, 115, 188–89, 194: alleged plot of, 83–84, 88–89; trial and testimony, 94; last plea, 103; credibility of evidence against, 107; repentance, 109; Radek’s comments, 148

Muggeridge, Malcolm, 412

Mühsam, Erik, 402

Muklevich, R. A., 210, 249, 295, 403

Münzenberg, Willi, 402

Muralov, A. I., 296

Muralov, N. I., 84, 116, 119, 129, 135, 139, 142, 146, 148, 164, 351, 468: testimony at trial, 155–57; fate of relatives, 165; remark about Ordzhonikidze, 168

Muslim clergy, 273

Musulbas, 178

Myachin, I. Ya., 222

Mylga camp, 328

Nadaraya, S. N., 482

Nagayevo, 325–26

Nalchik, 457

Napoleon, 59, 413

Narodnaya Volya terrorism, 103

Naujocks (Colonel), 199

Naumov (pastor), 126

Naville (doctor), 448

Navy officers, 450

Navy purge, 210–11

Nazaretyan, A. M., 170, 237, 246

Nazism, 30, 38, 195–96, 456, 465

Nazi-Soviet Pact, 196, 402, 453

Nedachin (doctor), 349

“Negative selection” process, 488

Negrin, Juan, 410–11

Neher, Carola, 402, 466

Nelidov, 81

Nemtsov, M. M., 246

Neronov, 205

Neumann, Heinz, 400–401

Neumann, Margarete, 407

Nevsky, V. I., 145

New Constitution, 79, 145, 262

Nicolaevsky, Boris I., 112, 308–9, 402n, 472

Niebuhr, Reinholdt, 449

Nikishov, Ivan, 325, 328–29, 438

Nikitchenko, I. I., 92, 240

Nikitin (doctor), 384–85

Nikolayenko, 144–45, 147, 178, 222: Stalin’s comments about, 178; rehabilitation of, 179

Nikolayev, Leonid, 46, 106, 217, 256, 435: Kirov murder, 37, 40–41; selection of, 40; diary of, 47–48

Nikolayeva, K. I., 69

Nikolsky (doctor), 349

Nikopol, 258

Nin, Andrés, 410, 416

Nizhnegorodsky prison, 269

NKVD, 44: founding of, 34; Kirov murder version, 38; mass arrests, 44; accusation of “White Guards,” 47; in Leningrad, 49–50; purge in Kolyma, 51; prepares trial of oppositionists, 78–83; Stalin’s control of, 79; Secret Political Department, 81; Economic Department, 81–82; Operative Department, 82; Special Department, 82; Foreign Department, 82; Transport Department, 82; oppositionists trial, 91–108; torture use, 122, 126, 131; manual for interrogation, 126; rumors on Ordzhonikidze’s death, 170; Yezhov’s purge of, 179–80; and attack on Army, 188; armed forces purge, 192, 205, 208–9; contact with German SD, 197; Union of Tsarist Veterans infiltration, 198; deviousness of, 208; rivalry with Army, 209; provincial purge role, 222–23, 227; Ukraine purge, 232; arrest method, 261–64; purge of, 279; attitude toward prisoners, 281–82; penal empire, 324; rehabilitation, 481–82

Norilsk, 302, 330, 478

Norkin, B. O., 142, 146, 155

North Caucasus Territory, 261

North Donets railway, 277

North Pole expedition, 236

Norwegian Social Democrats, 152

Noskov, 142

Nosov, I. P., 219, 246

Novaya Zemlya, 337

Novosibirsk, 142, 223, 264

Numerov, B. V, 295