Prosecuting of Supporters of Ukrainian Independence by Soviet Repression Bodies in 1920-1923
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2024.05.078Keywords:
Ukrainian People’s Republic, repressions 1920-1923, Ukrainian intelligentsia, Cheka, GPU, falsification of investigative casesAbstract
The purpose is to publicize and systematize information about mass falsifications of cases against the Ukrainian clerisy by the Cheka and GPU, primarily against students and students of secon dary educational institutions who considered themselves citizens of the Ukrainian People’s Republic and potentially would never become supporters or even “travel companions” of communism.
The methodology is based on the principles of historicism, systematicity, verification, and scientificity. Chronological, biographical, problem-searching, and retrospective methods are used.
The scientific novelty lies in the fact that it is the first time in historiography that information on repression against the Ukrainian clerisy and archival-investigative cases stored in the national archives for the period 1920—1923 have been summarized and analyzed.
A conclusion has been drawn about the massive falsification of these cases, resulting in thousands of people being arrested and hundreds being executed. During the research, it was proven that the overwhelming majority of people arrested by the Cheka and GPU were not members of the underground or the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, did not engage in armed resistance, and did not in any way violate Soviet legislation by their actions. All their “guilt” consisted only in the fact that the repressed were supporters of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. Particular attention is paid to the demographic data of the repressed since among those sentenced to death, the largest number were young men aged 18—23. There are also 17-year-olds executed, including women. Among those arrested and convicted, a considerable number were women and very young girls, in particular, pregnant women.
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