Political Repressions by Senior Offices of Transbaikal Military District Case of Tank Squadron Commander M.M. Zakharov

The article features one of the dark pages in Russian History – Mass Political Repressions in the country and in the army in 1937–1938. The starting point of repressions against the senior officers is shown on the example of Transbaikal Millitary District. The statistical data on political prisoners (chief officers, commanders), poorly disguised political cases by NKVD officers are shown. New archival files have been uncovered.