"At the cost of my life..." An exhibition about the work of the NKVD during World War II has opened in Oryol.
Stands with photographs and documents were set up on the city's main street - Victory Boulevard.
"Among the city's defenders in the autumn of 1941 were the 45th Reserve Rifle Regiment, five anti-tank artillery regiments, and an NKVD detachment formed from officers and local residents. By sacrificing their lives to delay the enemy's advance, they enabled our troops to establish a defense in the Mtsensk area and halt Guderian's armored hordes rushing toward Moscow." says On the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Oryol Region. Part of the display was prepared by the department's staff.
Some documents on the work of the NKVD during the war FSB revealedla only in 2021 year.
Other facts about the NKVD's work during World War II surfaced in the late 1980s. For example, the execution 157 prisoners Oryol prison in the Medvedev forest September 11, 1941. The execution was initiated by People's Commissar of Internal Affairs Lavrenty Beria and sanctioned by the State Defense Committee, headed by Stalin. Among those killed were government and party officials, as well as scientists. They were accused of "conducting defeatist agitation and attempting to prepare escapees for the resumption of subversive activities."
"The condemned were brought to a specially designated room at the prison. They were gagged and covered with a rag. They were taken by car to the forest. A ditch had already been dug there. The young trees growing at the execution site were uprooted and replanted after the execution. No trace of them!" - So described execution procedure.
The execution was supervised by a special commissioner of the NKVD Demyan SemenikhinThe sentence was carried out by Oryol NKVD officers: K. A. Chernousov, N. I. Slyunyaev, G. I. Terebkov.
It is not known until what date the exhibition about the NKVD's activities during the war will last.
Photo: Press Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Oryol Region