Pavel Chistov was a participant in mass repressions, was in captivity during the Great Patriotic War, but, presumably, collaborated with the Germans. After the end of the war, he was convicted in the USSR and spent 9 years in the camps, then worked as an accountant.
There were different people during the formation of the USSR. Someone was innocently convicted and shot, and someone was in the so-called troika, which passed such sentences. The latter include Pavel Chistov.
Biography
Chistov Pavel Vasilyevich was born in the Moscow province, in the village of Kandrino in 1905 in a simple family. His father was a painter. Therefore, subsequently, for two years, Paul worked in this direction. But first he graduated from high school, then high school.
In the summer of 1923 he was accepted to work in the organs of the GPU. Here he serves as a registrar, then goes to study at the Soviet party school. When Chistov was 21 years old, he joined the ranks of the Communist Party.
Career
Having received the necessary political education, Pavel Vasilyevich begins to move up the career ladder. At first, he works as an assistant to the authorized political and information department, then he is appointed as an authorized representative in the same department.
At the age of 26, this person is already a security officer and is assigned to Siberia. After 3 years, he holds an important post in the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Chelyabinsk Region, becomes the head of the department of this state institution. At the same time Chistov P. V. is a member of the "troika", takes a broad part in repressions.
Every year he is awarded the next title. So, in 3 years from a senior lieutenant, he rose to the rank of major of state security.
In the same period Chistov was awarded the "Order of Lenin", medals, and honorary badges.
Captivity
In September 1941, Pavel Vasilyevich was captured. It follows from his testimony that on September 2 he drove to the city of Konotop, and was captured by German soldiers on the way. His documents, weapons, orders were taken away from him.
Then follows Chistov's very implausible statement that his party card was returned to him. Soon he was even able to destroy this document. But, it is known that the Nazis did not spare the Bolsheviks, and, having taken the party card, would hardly have returned it to its owner.
As Chistov said, while in captivity, he worked underground. But from the testimony of some eyewitnesses, it follows that Pavel Vasilyevich behaved passively in captivity, developed projects for residential barracks, baths and supervised these construction projects. And he joined the underground on the eve of liberation in 1945.
Condemnation
This famous Chekist was brought to trial after his release. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being in German captivity. But in 1956 Chistov was released. A year later, he came to the capital, where he worked as an accountant until his retirement. This citizen has repeatedly filed applications for his rehabilitation, but they were all rejected. Pavel Chistov died in Moscow in 1982.
