Stalin Vs Gypsies: Roma and Political Repressions in the USSR

In their centuries-old history, the Roma (formerly known as Gypsies) experienced many difficult moments and cruel trials from their arrival in Europe until now. The history of the Roma in the USSR is no exception in this respect. Along with affirmative state policy towards them (at least until the end of the 1930s), they also fell victim to the massive political repressions of that time. In this book, the Roma victims of these repressions are made visible and the scale of the repressions against them is discussed. The authors describe the political repression of Roma not as an isolated historical phenomenon explicitly aimed at the Roma as a separate ethnic community but understand the events as a component of the mass terror and brutal against all Soviet citizens. In this way, the history of the Roma is inscribed in the general history of the USSR. Front Cover Content Acknowledgement Introduction Chapter 1. Gypsy Politics and Gypsy Activism Chapter 2. Victims of Administrative Acts Chapter 3. Victims of Judicial (Quasi-Judicial) Decisions Chapter 4. The Gypsy Lawsuits 4.1 Kelderari in the Repressive Policy of the Soviet State 4.2 Family Demeter Memories about the Repressions 4.3 Gypsy Lawsuits as a National Operation? The Winds of History: Instead of a Conclusion Annex 1. Book of Memory 1.1 Victims of Administrative Acts 1.2 Victims of Judicial (Quasi-Judicial) Decisions Annex 2. Investigation Cases 2.1 The Case of Ivan Rusalimich Mihai (Moscow, 1933) 2.2 The Case of a Group of Gypsies (Moscow, 1935) 2.3 The Case of Alexey Mihai (Nadezhdinsk / Sverdlovsk, 1938) 2.4 The Case of Trifon Goman (Potanino / Chelyabinsk, 1938) Annex 3. Regulatory Acts 3.1 Art. 58 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (1926/1927/1934/1938–1958/1961) 3.2 Decree on the Procedure for Organising and Managing Special Settlements (1930) 3.3 Operational Order of the NKVD No. 00447 (1937) 3.4 Decree No. 5859ss of the State Defence Committee (1944) 3.5 Decree of the President of the USSR No. 556 (1990) References Archives & Databases Media Bibliography Dictionary List of Illustrations Illustrations Back Cover