Михайло Тимофєєв. Силует чекіста на фоні епохи великого терору

Abstract

У статті відтворено основні етапи життя генерал-майора державної безпеки Михайла Тимофєєва, його роль у репресивних заходах радянської влади за політичною ознакою на теренах північно-східної частини Лівобережної України в 1920-1930-х роках.

В статье воспроизведены основные этапы жизни генерал-майора Михаила Тимофеева, его роль в репрессивных мероприятиях советской власти по политическим мотивам на территории северо-восточной части Левобережной Украины в 1920-1930-х годах.

Among the employees of the Soviet state security agencies, who at different times worked on the territory of modern Sumy region, the figure of MykhailoTymofieiev is prominent. He played an important role in the repressive measures by the Soviet authorities on the political grounds in the North-East of Ukraine, Being the Head of the Novhorod-Siverskyi district department of the DPU, MykhailoTymofieievgoverned the elimination of anti-Soviet armed formations led by the Atamans Vashchenko and Rubliov-Chernov. During the Holodomor, as head of the Kharkiv Regional Department of the State Political Administration, M.Tymofieiev promoted the implementation of an operational plan of eliminating insurgent groups and organizations on the territory of Sumy region. For this activity he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. The period of his being the head of the Chernihiv Regional Directorate of the NKVD of 1934-1936 was marked by repressive actions against the Trotskyist supporters. Tymofieiev’sexcellent work in Chernihiv received a positive assessment by the Ukrainian SSR Internal Affairs Commissar V.A. Balitskyi. Despite his close friendship with the disgraced chief of the GPU-NKVD of Ukraine, M. Tymofieiev managed to avoid repressions by the state security agencies at the times of the Great Terror. During the years 1937-1956 M.M. Tymofieiev held high positions in the system of the Main Department of Correctional Labour Camps.