The "Polish Operation" of the NKVD

Statistics

Crime Statistics

Estimated number of persons repressed in the USSR under the so-called Polish Operation of the NKVD, from 25 August 1937 to 15 November 1938, according to geographic and institutional distribution and by the type of penalty imposed.

 

Tried in total

Sentenced to death

Sentenced to a different type of repression

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)

Azerbaijan SSR

189

100

89

Armenian SSR

19

7

12

Belarus SSR

19931

17772

2159

Georgian SSR

89

47

42

Kazach SSR

1968

1777

191

Kirghiz SSR

76

36

40

Tajik SSR

30

11

19

Turkestan SSR

157

91

66

Uzbek SSR

533

121

412

Ukrainian SSR

55928

47327

8601

Bashkir ASSR

450

343

107

Buryatia-Mongolian ASSR

86

74

12

Dagestan ASSR

14

12

2

Kabardino-Balgar ASSR

52

48

4

Kalmyk ASSR

9

7

2

Karelian ASSR

146

119

27

Komi ASSR

62

44

18

Crimean ASRS

488

315

173

Mary ASSR

129

109

20

Mordovian ASSR

288

229

29

ASSR of Volga Germans

38

21

17

North Ossetian ASSR

137

81

56

Tatar ASSR

307

160

147

Udmurt ASSR

77

22

55

Chechen-Ingush ASSR

112

102

10

Chuvash ASSR

36

16

20

Yakut ASSR

68

34

34

Directorate of the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (UNKVD)

Altai Krai

1540

1230

310

Far Eastern Krai

536

376

160

Krasnodar Krai

1916

1807

109

Krasnoyarsk Krai

2269

1859

410

Ordzhonikidze Krai

423

214

209

Arkhangelsk Oblast

328

163

165

Vologda Oblast

193

121

72

Voronezh Oblast

658

345

313

Gorki Oblast

786

519

267

Ivanovo Oblast

200

145

55

Irkutsk Oblast

649

626

23

Kaliningrad Oblast

140

109

31

Kirov Oblast

138

108

30

Kuybyshev Oblast

279

132

147

Kursk Oblast

314

171

143

Leningrad Oblast

7404

6597

807

Moscow Oblast

2875

1880

995

Murmansk Oblast

51

45

6

Novosibirsk Oblast

7444

7012

432

Omsk Oblast

1106

430

676

Orenburg Oblast

483

471

12

Oryol Oblast

892

428

464

Rostov Oblast

1478

847

631

Ryazan Oblast

86

50

36

Saratov Oblast

472

216

256

Sverdlovsk Oblast

5988

3794

2194

Smolensk Oblast

3717

2203

1514

Stalingrad Oblast

763

552

211

Tambov Oblast

395

301

94

Tula Oblast

976

416

560

Chelyabinsk Oblast

2693

2212

481

Chita Oblast

130

112

18

Yaroslavl Oblast

477

356

121

Department of Transport of the Main Directorate of State Security (DTO GUGB NKWD)

 

10647

6219

4428

In this number

 

 

 

6th GUGB department

8

2

6

Voroshilov Railway line

130

75

55

Dzerzhinsky Railway line

244

115

129

Kaganovich Railway line

248

128

120

Molotov Railway line

302

260

42

Stalin Railway line

639

308

331

Amur Railway line

12

 

2

Ashgabat Railway line

32

27

5

Belarus Railway line

841

758

83

Eastern Siberian Railway line

76

50

26

Gorki Railway line

123

45

78

Far Eastern Railway line

61

20

41

Transcaucasus Railway line

78

29

49

Western Railway line

920

609

311

Kazan Railway line

147

90

57

Kalinin Railway line

233

140

93

Kirov Railway line

8

6

2

Kuybyshev Railway line

94

33

61

Leninist Railway line

172

96

76

Moscow – Donbas Railway line

128

47

81

Moscow – Kiev Railway line

195

100

95

Moscow Ring Railway line

12

3

9

Odessa Railway line

380

163

217

Oktiabrska Railway line

311

289

22

Omsk Railway line

258

162

96

Ordshonikidse Railway line

224

108

116

Orenburg Railway line

122

122

0

Ryazan - Ural Railway line

66

26

40

Northern Railway line

111

49

62

Northern Donetsk Railway line

273

207

66

Stalingrad Railway line

28

10

18

Tashkent Railway line

106

44

62

Tomsk Railway line

381

365

16

Turkestan-Siberian Railway line

121

105

16

South - Eastern Railway line

59

21

38

South - Western Railway line

1743

694

1049

Southern Railway line

622

302

320

Southern Donetsk Railway line

103

64

39

Southern Ural Railway line

864

488

376

Yaroslavl Railway line

172

59

113

In USSR in total

139835

111091

28744