Paper long abstract:

The topic of Stalin's repressions leaves no one indifferent, because every second family of the former USSR, including in Kyrgyzstan, faced this monstrous injustice inflicted by the authorities. Many are silent or do not want to talk about it, some want to close this topic altogether. Nevertheless, every year there are fewer and fewer living witnesses among us, even children who were repressed at that time. The Ukrainian State Security Service was presented with one case, which contained very important documents and photographs.

In the course of familiarization with these documents, we witnessed the monstrous deeds of the assistant commandant, a posted employee of the GPU (State Political Administration under the NKVD) - as commandant Isya Kuramanov. And most importantly, the names and surnames of 138 people were identified as witnesses in this case. According to the latest data of researchers, it is known that they first settled in the village of Khlebodarovka, Kharlovsky district, Odessa region, then in 1934 they were relocated to the village of Chalbasy, Tsyuripinsky district, Kherson region with the status of “special settlers”. For the first time, the article provides a list and photographs of some Kyrgyz citizens who were exiled to Ukraine by the Bolsheviks in the 1930s, in the hope that their relatives would be found and would add their memories to our materials.