SOVIET CITIZENS ASSOCIATION IN HARBIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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The So'Aet 1te ooiation (SCA) of Harbin came into existence in
the 1920's throu0 tho organization of Soviet cit5.zens in the area and
,:lontineed, although not very actively, during the Japanese occupation of
Manchuria. About six months before the Soviet declaration of war on Japan,
it rent underTyound, but when the declaration was made, the Japanese ar
o group of on membees and detained them under guard in a formor
f-Joviet scool. res teas included the chairman and deputy chairman of SOA,
L7,rguno-v and Knyazkov, respectively; Krychenko, later a political instruc-
tor; Jvid Fancy, Dr, Mononzon,* Shirokolobov, Govorak, Kostenko, Krokhmal,
nd otaeru.
Upon the surrender of Japan, this graupg under the direction of the So-4ist
consul,*became the nucleus for a so-called elf Defense Organization (SumoCeorona). Panov acted as commandant of Harbin untillthe Soviet troops ar-
rived, presumably on tAppointment from the consulate through the SCA. The
nucleun recruited Soviet and emigre youth, armed theM with every available
mapon, and stationed them as guards ovsr japenese equipment warehouses.
abandoned Japanese barracks, and local government offices, 'hen Soviet
tY'oope entered the city, all this propsrty was turned over to them intact,
The Self-Defense Organization continued to exist anti again became active
vhen Soviet troops withdrew, although it did not actOally take over the city
because of the swift entry of the Chinese Communists', it is unofficially
e:;111 In existence, under the leadership of Panov, w?h about thirty mem-
bers, Foreign residents of Harbin are required to pay e SCA assessment for
its mainenance, on the grouncs that sole tension is present between Chinese
7,11(1..oreie;ners which warrants the force.***
Sorgunov was killed accidentally at a m3oting of the Self-Defense Organiza-
tion, and Anyatkov automatically succeeded him as chairman .of SO4.. After
the Soviet occupation. the SCA moved f:'om its former quarters in the small
511i1clirg of the Harbin Polyclinic to a Japanese building, the former Kyoba-
XAi, on 3olehoi Prospekt. New election :neld in Yay 1948 brought in Dr.
Yftkolai Grigorevich Lvov az chairman. and ShirokoloboY. and Stoyanov as doputy
chairmen, The membership of the society was expanded and made compulsory
for all new citizens of the USSR, with dues set at tWo percent of the member
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salary. None of the Soviets arriving from the USSR, however, became mem
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bars of the SCA or took any part in its activities. :
5- The SCA organization includes several sections, as followsz
a. Police Liaison Section (Otdel Dlya Svyazi s Vlastyami), which handles all
police matters affecting local Soviet citizens, through two Chinese police
liaison officers. The section is headed by Fancy.
b. Cultural Section (Kultprosvet), in charge of political and cultural aotiv-
ities. Personnel are:
Vovennov fnu chief
Krokhmal, assistant, head of the political sub-sectioni
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o. Charity Section, which ki.sists the poor and needy; at one time it col-
lected money fora home for the aeed, but this was never built. Chief
is Volobrinskaya, fnu.
d. Legal Section, which arbitrates legal disputes between local Soviet
citizens and provides legal advice to Soviet citizens involved in Chinese
courts. Its chairman is Yefimov, fnu, attorney, with members, also at-
tornoes, D. V. Yerdyakov and Kruglyakov, fnu.
e. Supply Section, which manages SCA property and arranges for distribution
of bread, flour, and some vegetables at reduced prices but usually of
inferior quality; since food is easily available in Harbin, this is re-
garded as a service rather than a control measure. The chief is Kungin,
fnu, one of the few no Soviet citizens participating in official SCA
activities.
Accounting Section. SCA secretary Lopashin takes an active nart, actual
capacity unknown, here.
g. Finance Section.
6. The SCA directs the operation of the one Russian-language newspaper in Harbin,
Rusk2ye,Slovo (Russian aord), which is published daily except Monday. Its
offices are at the corner of Diagolnaya and Uohastkovaya Streets. The SCA
also publishes two Russian-language magazines, Rodnly!_Rech (Native Speech)
and Sovetsklya Molodezh (Soviet Youth). Al]. three publications are almost en-
tirely reprints from Soviet periodicals and are closely supervised by the cul-
tural section of the Soviet consulate general.
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A Soviet youth organization was formed by SCA in 194b, with Starikov, fnu,
as chairmen; he was later replaced' I A development
of the organization, modeled on the basis of the 1935 rules of the Soviet
Komsomol, occurred on 20 February 1949, with the new title of Soviet Youth
Association (Komitet Soyuza Sovetskci Molodezhi) (SYA). The organization
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meets in district groups twice a week and accepts new members, each of whom
must submit a formal apolication endorsed by two active members and pass an
examination on the membership rules, Soviet political theory, Communist
Party history, and related subjects. Applicants are admitted by majority
vote. Those who fail in their examination may be given candidate status
for three months and then must take the examination again. Vembership is
limited to Soviet youth between fifteen and thirty; the number of members in
Uarbin is estimated at a thousand, with an additional five hundred in ad-
jacent areas.
8. Personnel and their functions in the organization include the following:
Chairman of the SYA Committee: A. I. Govoruk
Secretary: Savohenko
Culture Section; Venyamin MuraveV
Political Section: Seva Mironov
Ghildren,s Group: Sobolevskaya
Press Group (publishers of Soviet Youth): L. B. Efroimski
Art and Threatre dorkers Group: Yuri Lvovich Khorosh
Sport Group: Kilosanidze
Property Group: Kostenko
District (Rayon) leaders;
Harbin Polytechnic Institute; Myslin; secretary, Kozakov
Railroad: Arkhipov: secretary, Vdoviohenko
Pristan: Samsonov; secretary, Gibadulin
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Novy orod: Kosyakov.
An alphabetic list of some members of SCA follows:
Aservants ( Nagolen:
Efroimski L. .:
ribadulin:
Govoruk. Aleksandr Ivarovieb:1
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Kilosanidze:1
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Knyazkov: I
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Kondratovich:
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Khorosh, Yuri .vovich:
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Kostenko Konstantin Dmitrivevich:
Krokhnal., Yaronol Petrovich:
Krwriyakov:
Kr ye he nkQ . Yuri
Lvov Nikolai Griorevich:
Lyubavin:
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Muravev Venvamind
Myslin Georgi
Panov Vasjli Dmitrivevich:/
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Comment. At this time the Soviet consul general in Harbin was
Pa;ilyshev or Pavlichev;
iComment. fnotr clear whther this was the same
group as the Akimov Group, organized for the same purpose under the
leadership of Captain Akimov;
Comment. Personalities previously identified include the following:
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Aseryants, also Known as Gurgea eristoforovich Nagalyan, has been active
since the war in Russian and Soviet organizations in Harbin, where he was
employed in 1947 by the Soviet consulate general and, as legal counsel,
by the Soviet railroad administration. I (he appears
as Gurgea C. Aseerianz, also known as isiagolian. He has also been
reported as Artzeriantz.
Gevoruk was reported as chairman of the Committee of SYA in June 1949.
Kiloaanidze, R. D., was reported in his present position in June 1949
by Reaskoe Slovo.
itrokhmal was reported in 1946 as manager of the Orient Cinema and as
possibly woraing for the Soviet consulate general in Harbin.
Lvov was reported as director of the Chinese Changohun Railroad Central
hospital in Harbin in 1947.
Savohenko, Anna Frantzevna, was a member of the Nhite Russian Emigrant
Committee in June 1946.
Shirokolobov was mentioned in his nresent position in the Harbin press
in June 1949.
Starikov, V. V., was reported director of SYA in January 1947.
Keyazkov was reported as chairman of SCA, Harbin, in 1946;
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