Three scenarios of the investigation and organization of the trial in the case of the Minister of State Security of the USSR V.S. Abakumov

Abstract

Background. The relevance of the study is determined by the need for a comprehensive objective analysis of the Politburo activities of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) – the Central Committee of the CPSU on the investigation’s falsification of the case of the Minister of State Security (MGB) of the USSR V.S. Abakumov. The publication aims to reflect the process of both the investigation and the court in this case. Materials and methods. The implementation of research tasks was achieved through the use of documents from the Archives of the President of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History. The methodological potential includes the philosophical principles of dialectics, namely objectivity, scientific nature, comprehensiveness, the unity of the historical, logical, etc. Their implementation helped to study documentary sources related to the case of V.S. Abakumov. Results. On the basis of the documents of the Archives of the President of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History, for the first time introduced into scientific circulation, information about the process of investigation and trial in the case of Abakumov is published. Conclusions. The charges against V.S. Abakumov were constantly changing. During the investigation, three indictments were prepared in his case, and the individual conclusions of each subsequent conclusion sometimes contradicted the previous one. The scenario for each subsequent indictment changed depending on who was in power at that time. The trial in the case of Abakumov was also well prepared. It took place in the presence of only party activists. The composition of the court was agreed, and politically proven lawyers were selected. At present, it is quite obvious that it was the first persons of the state, I.V. Stalin, G.M. Malenkov and L.P. Beria, who, for one reason or another, influenced the initiation of the investigation in the state security bodies. V.S. Abakumov is a zealous executor of the will of “their masters”, first of all Stalin and Beria.

Keywords

• mgb of ussr
• v.s. abakumov
• violation of the law
• investigation
• court
• i.v. stalin
• l.p. beria
• g.m. malenkov