Repressions in Buryatia: forged cases in the NKVD in the 1930s

The article considers the tragic pages of the Soviet past of Buryatia. Based on archival materials and published works, the features of the fabrication of the Pan-Mongolian case during the political repressions of 1937-1938 were analyzed. At that time, any Soviet citizen, regardless of position and merit, could be arrested. There was no question of any evidence considering a person is guilty. The main thing in such cases was to obtain a personal confession from the accused, because it was declared.the queen of evidence.. Later it was found that no anti-Soviet Pan-Mongol organization existed on the territory of the BMASR, and the casesagainst its participants were fabricated by former NKVD and BMSSR officials.