Report of Court Proceedings - Anti-Soviet 'Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites' (1938 Moscow Trial)

Report of Court Proceedings; The Case of the Anti-Soviet “Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites”; Heard Before the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R.; Moscow, March 2-13, 1938; In re: N.I. Bukharin, A.I. Rykov, G.G. Yagoda, N.N.Krestinsky, K.G. Rakovsky, A.P. Rosengoltz, V.I. Ivanov, M.A. Chernov, G.F. Grinko, I.A. Zelensky, S.A. Bessonov, A. Okramov, F. Khodjayev, V.F. Sharangovich, P.T. Zubarev, P.P. Bulanov, L.G. Levin, D.D. Pletnev, I.N. Kazakov, V.A. Maximov-Dikovsky, P.P. Kryuchkov; Charged with crimes covered by Articles 58-1a, 58-2, 58-7, 58-8, 58-9 and 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the R.S.F.S.R., and Ivanov, Zelensky and Zubarev, in addition, with crimes covered by Article 58-13 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 1938 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 2 Opening of the Trial — 1 Indictment — 5 Examination of the Accused Bessonov — 38 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 2 Examination of the Accused Grinko — 67 Examination of the Accused Chernov — 88 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 3 Examination of the Accused Ivanov — 110 Examination of the Accused Zubarev — 138 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 3 Examination of the Accused Krestinsky — 152 Examination of the Accused Rykov — 158 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 4 Examination of the Accused Sharangovich — 200 Examination of the Accused Khodjayev — 212 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 4 Examination of the Accused Rosengoltz — 244 Second Examination of the Accused Krestinsky — 262 Examination of the Accused Rakovsky — 287 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 5 Examination of the Accused Rakovsky (Resumed) — 293 Examination of the Accused Zelensky — 314 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 5 Examination of the Accused Ikramov — 339 Examination of the Accused Bukharin — 369 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 7 Examination of the Accused Bukharin (Resumed) — 393 Examination of the Witness Yakovleva — 439 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 7 Examination of the Witness Yakovleva (Resumed) — 453 Examination of the Witness Ossinsky — 458 Examination of the Witness Mantsev — 466 Examination of the Witness Kamkov — 484 Examination of the Witness Karelin — 496 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 8 Examination of the Accused Levin — 513 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 8 Examination of the Accused Bulanov — 552 Examination of the Accused Yagoda — 568 Examination of the Accused Kryuchkov — 584 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 9 Examination of the Accused Pletnev — 590 Examination of the Accused Kazakov — 597 Answers of the Commission of Medical Experts to the Questions Submitted by the State Prosecutor — 608 Examination of the Accused Maximov-Dikovsky — 611 Examination of the Witness Dr. Belostotsky — 616 Answers of the Commission of Medical Experts to the Questions Submitted by the State Prosecutor — 618 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 9 Session in camera — 624 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 11 Speech for the Prosecution by A.Y. Vyshinsky, Procurator of the U.S.S.R. — 625 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 11 Speech for the Defence by I.D. Braude — 698 Speech for the Defence by N.V. Kommodov — 705 Last Plea of the Accused Bessonov — 715 Last Plea of the Accused Grinko — 718 Last Plea of the Accused Chernov — 721 MORNING SESSION, MARCH 12 Last Plea of the Accused Ivanov — 726 Last Plea of the Accused Krestinsky — 730 Last Plea of the Accused Zubarev — 736 Last Plea of the Accused Rykov — 737 Last Plea of the Accused Sharangovich — 741 Last Plea of the Accused Khodjayev — 743 Last Plea of the Accused Zelensky — 748 Last Plea of the Accused Ikramov — 754 Last Plea of the Accused Rakovsky — 758 Last Plea of the Accused Rosengoltz — 764 EVENING SESSION, MARCH 12 Last Plea of the Accused Bukharin — 767 Last Plea of the Accused Levin — 779 Last Plea of the Accused Bulanov — 782 Last Plea of the Accused Yagoda — 784 Last Plea of the Accused Kryuchkov — 787 Last Plea of the Accused Pletnev — 787 Last Plea of the Accused Kazakov — 788 Last Plea of the Accused Maximov-Dikovsky — 790 The Verdict — 792