Stalin's shooting lists

Stalin's shooting lists (Russian: Ста́линские расстре́льные спи́ски; Stalin's execution lists) were the lists of extrajudicially accused persons submitted to the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR after the endorsement by Joseph Stalin and other members of the Politburo, for issuing a verdict, typically execution by shooting, either by an individual or a firing squad.[1][2]

1939 Leningrad list, signed by Stalin, Molotov and others

The list is currently held at the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation. It has been published in March 2013.[3]

See also

References
  3. Polianski, Igor J. (January 2015). "Bolshevik Disease and Stalinist Terror: On the Historical Casuistry of Artificial Pneumothorax". Medical History. 59 (1): 32–43. doi:10.1017/mdh.2014.69. ISSN 0025-7273. PMC 4304549. PMID 25498436.
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