Holodomor: Fines in kind and the black boards (November 1932)

1) Time range

1932-11-18 … 1932-11-20

2) Group profile

Politburo of the CP(b)U CC · Led by Stanisław Kosior (First Secretary); government version signed by Vlas Chubar (Chairman, RNK UkrSSR) on 20 NovSelector: About 9–11 members, Kharkiv

3) Decisions

1. Ordered lagging kolkhozes to take back grain advances paid to members for workdays
2. Introduced fines in kind (meat at a 15-month delivery norm, later potatoes and lard)
3. Allowed "malicious" kolkhozes to be put on the black board
4. Ordered searches for "stolen" grain and prosecution under the 7 August law

Affected

All lagging kolkhozes and individual farmers of Ukraine; the fines often exceeded a household's whole grain target

Gap

The same measures are dated 18, 20 or 28 Nov 1932 depending on the source.

EN Wikipedia · BlacklistingEncyclopedia of Ukraine

1) Time range

1932-11-21 … 1932-11-26

2) Group profile

Politburo of the VKP(b) CC; Ukrainian GPU · On Molotov's proposal; GPU chief Stanislav Redens, OGPU envoy Vsevolod BalytskySelector: Kharkiv

3) Decisions

1. Approved a CP(b)U troika able to pass death sentences in procurement cases
2. Redens planned an operation across 243 raions against "counter-revolutionary centres"

Affected

Village officials and kolkhoz heads: 3,525 village leaders arrested for "sabotage"; about 72,000 arrests by December

Gap

Arrest totals (21,197 vs 72,000) cover different periods and agencies.

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