Report of Court Proceedings - Anti-Soviet Trotskyite Centre (1937 Moscow Trial)

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 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