Olga Shatunovskaya | |
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Ольга Григорьевна Шатуно́вская | |
Born | Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya March 1, 1901 |
Died | November 23, 1990
Moscow, Russia | (aged 89)
Burial place | Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
Citizenship |
Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Occupations |
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Known for | member of Shvernik Commission |
Political party | CPSU |
Children | 1 |
Parents |
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Awards |
Order of Lenin,
Soviet Union Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Soviet Union |
Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya ( Russian: Ольга Григорьевна Шатуновская; 1 March 1901, Baku – 23 November 1990, Moscow) was a prominent Old Bolshevik who played an important role in the implementation of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union. [1] [2] A survivor of the Gulag, she was a member of Shvernik Commission created by Nikita Khrushchev to investigate the crimes of Joseph Stalin. [3]
Shatunovskaya became a member of the Communist Party when she was 16. A close associate of Anastas Mikoyan, she worked in the party's Baku organization since 1918 and served as the secretary of Stepan Shaumian. [4] She was arrested in 1937 and became a political prisoner of the Stalinist regime. After the death of Stalin in 1953, she became a member of the Soviet Party Control Committee, and head of a special commission on rehabilitations during the Khrushchev Thaw. [4] She was the chief-investigator of the Kirov murder. [3] Shatunovskaya was honored with the highest Soviet medals.
Her memoirs, recorded by her children and grandchildren, were turned into a book by philosopher and essayist Grigory Pomerants under the title Sledstvie vedet katorzhanka [Investigation led by convict], published in 2004.
Olga Shatunovskaya | |
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Ольга Григорьевна Шатуно́вская | |
Born | Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya March 1, 1901 |
Died | November 23, 1990
Moscow, Russia | (aged 89)
Burial place | Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
Citizenship |
Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Occupations |
|
Known for | member of Shvernik Commission |
Political party | CPSU |
Children | 1 |
Parents |
|
Awards |
Order of Lenin,
Soviet Union Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Soviet Union |
Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya ( Russian: Ольга Григорьевна Шатуновская; 1 March 1901, Baku – 23 November 1990, Moscow) was a prominent Old Bolshevik who played an important role in the implementation of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union. [1] [2] A survivor of the Gulag, she was a member of Shvernik Commission created by Nikita Khrushchev to investigate the crimes of Joseph Stalin. [3]
Shatunovskaya became a member of the Communist Party when she was 16. A close associate of Anastas Mikoyan, she worked in the party's Baku organization since 1918 and served as the secretary of Stepan Shaumian. [4] She was arrested in 1937 and became a political prisoner of the Stalinist regime. After the death of Stalin in 1953, she became a member of the Soviet Party Control Committee, and head of a special commission on rehabilitations during the Khrushchev Thaw. [4] She was the chief-investigator of the Kirov murder. [3] Shatunovskaya was honored with the highest Soviet medals.
Her memoirs, recorded by her children and grandchildren, were turned into a book by philosopher and essayist Grigory Pomerants under the title Sledstvie vedet katorzhanka [Investigation led by convict], published in 2004.