The Great Terror

Nuremberg Tribunal (1946), 92, 449

Obremov (professor), 294, 331

Odessa, 253

OGPU, 375–76; Ryutin case, 24–25; founding of, 34. See also NKVD

Okhotsk Sea, 326

Okudzhava, M., 101, 225

Okulicki (General), 457–58

Okunev (Army Commissar), 213

Olberg, P., 80

Olberg, Valentin, 80, 107, 164: plot against Stalin, 80–81, 83; trial and testimony of, 98; fate of wife, 105

Old Bolsheviks, 12: confessions, 71–108; Stalin’s attitude to, 225

Old Bolsheviks, Society of, 76–77

Olesha, Yuri, 300

Olminsky, Mikhail S., 45

Orakhelashvili, M., 77, 245, 246

Order of the Red Banner, 59

Ordzhonikidze, “Sergo,” 90–91, 128–29, 139, 145–46, 156, 159, 176, 237, 420: Stalin’s follower, 12–13; and Ryutin, 24–25; alleged assassination attempt, 100; dependence on Pyatakov, 140; remarks on Yezhov, 145; “suicide,” 167–73; double-cross by Stalin on Pyatakov, 167–68; harassment of, 168–69; fate of relatives, 172–73

Orlov (Admiral), 50, 107, 127, 193, 210–11, 213

Orlov, A., 410

Orwell, George, 409

Osadchy (professor), 71

Osepyan, G. A., 207

Ossinsky, V. V., 372–74

Ostachkov camp, 447

Ostrovsky, M., 425

Ovakimian, Gaik, 417

Ozarovsky, 211

Ozeryansky, 188

Ozolin, K. A. (Corps Commissar), 213

Pacific Fleet, 211

Papanin, Ivan D., 396

Pares, Sir Bernard, 470

Parshin, P. I. 129

Partiinost, 481

Pashukanis, E., 180

Pasternak, Boris, 63, 67, 250–52, 256, 258, 301, 304–5, 315–16, 457, 464

Pauker, Anna, 404

Pauker, K. V, 46, 50, 58, 146, 179–80: character of, 82

Pauker, Marcel, 404

Pavlov, D. G. (General), 454

Pavlov, Ivan, 66, 79, 127

Pavlov, K. A., 325

Pax, Magdalene, 464

Peace of Brest-Litovsk, 16, 372

Pechora camps, 315, 323, 329–30

Pegov, N. M., 438

Peluso, Edmondo, 403

Penkovsky case, 478

Pepper, John, 403

“Pereval Case,” 303

Personality cult, 447, 460, 476–77, 482

Pervouralsk jail, 264

Pervukhin, M. G., 438

Peshkov, Maxim, 375–78, 381–83, 388–89

Peshkova, Ekaterina, 389

Peterson, A. A., 76, 368

Petkov, Nikola, 458

Petrovsky, A. N., 218

Petrovsky, Grigori, 69, 77, 111, 174, 227–30, 232, 244, 245, 247: Stalin’s follower, 12; purge of, 436–37

Petrovsky, L. G., 436–37, 439

Philatelists, 271

Piecework system, 21

Pieck, Wilhelm, 403n

Pikel, Richard, 84–85, 88, 95, 109, 190

Pilnyak, Boris, 86, 298–300, 305

“Pioneers,” 465

Piontkovsky, A. A., 291

Pletnev, D., 342, 375–76, 383–88, 393–95, 456

Pogány, Jozsef, 403

Pogodin, Nikolai F., 451

Polish Communists, 405–7

Polish intelligence services, 270

Polish population in Russia, 405–6

Polish prisoners of war, 447–50

Politburo, 46: Ryutin case, 24; and Stalin, 33, 35; Code of Terror approval, 41–42; moderates in, 71; opposition to Purge, 71, 135–36; and NKVD secret trial, 90; purge of, 236–38, 242–49, 438–39; trial of members of, 342; losses in, 438–39

Polivanov, E. D., 297

Poltava, 253

Ponomarenko, P., 438

Ponomarev, Boris, 214

Popkov, P. S., 218, 438

Poplawski, S. G., 259

Popov, M. M., 230–32, 404

Popular Front, 464

Porayko, V. I., 303, 347

Poskrebyshev, A. N., 64, 438: Stalin’s secretary, 15; “Special Sector” role, 34; Ordzhonikidze’s death, 170–71

Pospelov, Peter, 479–80

Postyshev, Pavel, 90, 135, 172, 174, 178–79, 219, 228, 230–31, 243–45, 248, 301, 426, 435: character of, 34; political history, 144; Stalin moves against, 144–45, 147; indirect attacks on, 175; objection to Purge, 176, 244; purge of, 246–47, 419; fate of family, 436; rehabilitation, 479

Potmalag complex, 205, 315

POUM, 409–11

Powers, Gary, 478

Pozern, Boris, 217–18, 435

Preobrazhensky, E., 11, 31, 166, 480: as Trotskyite, 8; resistance of, 120

Prezent, I. I., 297

Priests, 273, 317

Prigozhin, 291

Prikhodko, 426

Primakov (Corps Commander), 182, 190, 194: arrest, 190; confession, 194, 202

“Prison of Special Designation,” 311

Prisoners of war, 447–50

Prisons: conditions in, 264–70; inmate statistics, 485–86

Pritt, D. N., 107, 467

Prokofiev, G. E., 139, 180, 287

Prosecutor-Generalship of the USSR, 34

Prosecutors, Yezhov’s purge of, 180–81

Prosecutor’s Office, 82

Pryanishnikov, D. N., 296

Prygov, S. L., 446

Przhevalsky, I. M., 55

Ptukhin (General), 454

Pul’kovo Observatory, 295

Pumpur, P., 429

Punitive camps, 337

Purge Commission, 26

Pushin, G. E., 143

Putna, Vitovt (Corps Commander), 101, 153, 183–84, 190–91, 194, 202

Pyatakov, Yuri, 33, 98–99, 128–29, 137, 139, 142, 162, 202, 243, 425, 466, 468, 480–81: as Trotskyite, 8; capitulation to Party, 17; speech at XVIIth Party Congress, 31; show trial role, 34; NKVD trial role, 98–99, 101–2; Party loyalty, 112–14, 118–19; importance of, 140; Stalin’s attack on, 140–41; repentance, 141; confession, 141, 145–46, 150–52; trial of, 147–67; alleged meeting with Trotsky, 151–52; last plea, 164; Party’s attitude toward, 166; Ordzhonikidze’s loyalty toward, 167–68

Pyatnitsky, I. A., 237–38, 400, 407, 420–21

Radek, Karl, 6, 79, 96, 110, 128–29, 147, 149, 165–66, 405, 470: as Trotskyite, 8–9; capitulation to Party, 17; on Stalin, 30–31; reception at XVIIth Party Congress, 31; NKVD trial testimony about, 101–2; Stalin’s attack on, 137, 140; collaboration of, 145–46; at Pyatakov Trial, 148; last plea, 164–65; fate of daughter, 165; and Army officers, 191

Radomislskaya, F. A., 105