Report of Court Proceedings; The Case of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyite Centre; Heard Before the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R.; Moscow, January 23-30, 1937; In re: Y.L. Pyatakov, K.B. Radek, G.Y. Sokolnikov, L.P. Serebryakov, N.I. Muralov, Y.A. Livshitz, Y.N. Drobnis, M.S. Boguslavsky, I.A. Knyazev, S.A. Rataichak, B.O. Norkin, A.A. Shestov, M.S. Stroilov, Y.D. Turok, I.Y. Hrasche, G.E. Pushin, V.V. Arnold; Accused of treason against the court, espionage, acts of diversion, wrecking activities and the preparation of terrorist acts, i.e., of crimes covered by Articles 58-1a, 58-8, 58-9 and 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the R.S.F.S.R.; Published by the People’s Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R.; Moscow 1937
Author(s): People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R.
Publisher: People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R.
Year: 1937
Language: English
Pages: 586
City: Moscow
MORNING SESSION, JANUARY 23
Opening of the Trial — 1
Indictment — 4
Examination of the Accused Pyatakov — 21
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 23
Examination of the Accused Pyatakov (Resumed) — 46
Examination of the Witness Bukhartsev — 77
MORNING SESSION, JANUARY 24
Examination of the Accused Radek — 82
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 24
Examination of the Witness Romm — 136
Examination of the Accused Radek (Resumed) — 146
Examination of the Accused Sokolnikov — 146
Examination of the Accused Serebryakov — 168
MORNING SESSION, JANUARY 25
Examination of the Witness Loginov — 176
Examination of the Accused Boguslavsky — 192
Examination of the Accused Drobnis — 205
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 25
Examination of the Accused Muralov — 216
Examination of the Accused Shestov — 233
MORNING SESSION, JANUARY 26
Examination of the Accused Shestov (Resumed) — 261
Examination of the Accused Stroilov — 264
Examination of the Accused Norkin — 279
Examination of the Witness Stein — 292
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 26
Questions submitted to the Expert Witnesses — 300
Examination of the Accused Arnold — 302
Examination of the Accused Livshitz — 333
MORNING SESSION, JANUARY 27
Examination of the Accused Kynazev — 358
Examination of the Accused Turok — 392
Examination of the Accused Rataichak — 398
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 27
Examination of the Accused Rataichak (Resumed) — 416
Examination of the Accused Hrasche — 421
Examination of the Accused Pushin — 434
Examination of the Witness Tamm — 439
Additional Questions addressed to Pyatakov and Radek — 442
Replies from Expert Witness — 446
Session in Camera — 461
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 28
Speech for the Prosecution by A.Y. Vyshinsky, Procurator of the U.S.S.R. — 462
Speech for the Defence by I.D. Braude — 516
Speech for the Defence by S.K. Kaznacheyev — 522
MORNING SESSION, JANUARY 29
Speech for the Defence by N.V. Kommodov — 530
Last Plea of the Accused Pyatakov — 539
Last Plea of the Accused Radek — 540
Last Plea of the Accused Sokolnikov — 551
Last Plea of the Accused Serebryakov — 556
Last Plea of the Accused Boguslavsky — 557
Last Plea of the Accused Drobnis — 559
Last Plea of the Accused — 560
Last Plea of the Accused Norkin — 561
Last Plea of the Accused Shestov — 562
Last Plea of the Accused Stroilov — 563
EVENING SESSION, JANUARY 29 (Continued Until the Morning of January 30)
Last Plea of the Accused Arnold — 566
Last Plea of the Accused Livshitz — 566
Last Plea of the Accused Knyazev — 567
Last Plea of the Accused Turok — 569
Last Plea of the Accused Rataichak — 570
Last Plea of the Accused Hrasche — 572
Last Plea of the Accused Pushin — 573
The Verdict — 574
