REPRESSIONS IN THE ORDZHONIKIDZEVSKY REGIONAL COUNCIL OF OSOAVIACHIM IN 1937

Abstract

The article studies the facts of repressive measures against the employees of the Ordzhonikidze regional council of the Society for Assistance to Defense, Aviation and Chemical Construction in 1937 and analyses their correlation with the case of Marshal M. Tukhachevsky on the basis of archival sources and periodicals. The repressions among the high commanders of the Red Army, the essence of the charges brought and the degree of real guilt of the main officials are shown. The influence of repression policy on the results of the activities of the regional defense organization is traced.

Keywords

• политические репрессии
• ставрополье
• осоавиахим
• красная армия
• «враги народа»
• «чистка»
• реабилитация
• досааф
• political repression
• stavropol region
• osoaviakhim
• the red army
• "enemies of the people"
• "political purge"
• rehabilitation
• russian army
• air force and navy volunteer society