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CHAPTER 5NazinoOn May 5, 1933, Tsepkov, the commander of theAlexandro-Vakhovskaia komandatura, receivedtwo telegrams. One was from the Siblag leadership, in-forming him that he must prepare himself “to receive,as soon as navigation conditions permit, 3,000 de ́classe ́elements arriving from Tomsk.” The second, which camefrom the Tomsk transit camp, confirmed this informa-tion, but gave a still higher figure, on the order of 5,000to 6,000 “elements.”1“Taken completely by surprise,” as he himself said,Tsepkov first called a meeting of the komandatura’s fewofficials. Each one said that nothing was ready, since thedeportees had not been expected to arrive before theend of June. Moreover, up to that point the Siblag hadnever said that it would be sending a massive number ofdeportees consisting exclusively of urban de ́classe ́ele-ments to the Alexandro-Vakhovskaia komandatura.Thus they had been expecting to have to “deal with theusual contingents of kulaks and a few urban elements.”In addition, they had still received no word regardingthe boats that had been promised by the Rechtrans fortransporting the deportees up the Ob’s tributaries totheir settlement sites; the construction of a central bread
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CHAPTER 5NazinoOn May 5, 1933, Tsepkov, the commander of theAlexandro-Vakhovskaia komandatura, receivedtwo telegrams. One was from the Siblag leadership, in-forming him that he must prepare himself “to receive,as soon as navigation conditions permit, 3,000 de ́classe ́elements arriving from Tomsk.” The second, which camefrom the Tomsk transit camp, confirmed this informa-tion, but gave a still higher figure, on the order of 5,000to 6,000 “elements.”1“Taken completely by surprise,” as he himself said,Tsepkov first called a meeting of the komandatura’s fewofficials. Each one said that nothing was ready, since thedeportees had not been expected to arrive before theend of June. Moreover, up to that point the Siblag hadnever said that it would be sending a massive number ofdeportees consisting exclusively of urban de ́classe ́ele-ments to the Alexandro-Vakhovskaia komandatura.Thus they had been expecting to have to “deal with theusual contingents of kulaks and a few urban elements.”In addition, they had still received no word regardingthe boats that had been promised by the Rechtrans fortransporting the deportees up the Ob’s tributaries totheir settlement sites; the construction of a central bread
© 2007 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Preface xiii
  5. Glossary xxi
  6. CHAPTER 1 A “grandiose plan” 1
  7. CHAPTER 2 Western Siberia, a Land of Deportation 23
  8. CHAPTER 3 Negotiations and Preparations 59
  9. CHAPTER 4 In the Tomsk Transit Camp 86
  10. CHAPTER 5 Nazino 121
  11. Conclusion 171
  12. Epilogue, 1933–37 181
  13. Acknowledgments 194
  14. Notes 195
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Preface xiii
  5. Glossary xxi
  6. CHAPTER 1 A “grandiose plan” 1
  7. CHAPTER 2 Western Siberia, a Land of Deportation 23
  8. CHAPTER 3 Negotiations and Preparations 59
  9. CHAPTER 4 In the Tomsk Transit Camp 86
  10. CHAPTER 5 Nazino 121
  11. Conclusion 171
  12. Epilogue, 1933–37 181
  13. Acknowledgments 194
  14. Notes 195
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