The central committee of VKP (b) appeal from 7 March 1928 as the political prologue of «The Shakhty trial»

The publication of the appeal of the Central Committee of VKP(b) in connection with «disclosing» of Shahtinsky «plot» in seven variants allows to track the history of creation of this document. It reflects the change of the Party policy concerning intelligency and the decision-making mechanism in the Political Bureau in the late twenties.